Development

Question 1

What should a baby be able to do at 1 month?

Answer 1

Infants typically regard face, follow items to the midline, begin to vocalize, respond to a bell, and lift their head from the examining table.

Question 2

At 2 months, what social and verbal skills should an infant have?

Answer 2

Normally should be able to smile and coo when smiled at or talked to.

Question 3

What motor skills do most 6 month olds have?

Answer 3

At 6 to 6½ months of age, infants will be able to sit alone, leaning forward to support themselves with arms extended, in the so called tripod position. They can reach for an object by changing the orientation of the torso. They can purposefully roll from a prone to a supine as well as from a supine to a prone position.

Question 4

What gross and fine motor tasks do most 12 month olds have?

Answer 4

Can walk well holding on to furniture but is slightly wobbly when walking alone. Can use a pincer grasp and can release a cube into a cup after it has been demonstrated. Can often build a tower with two cubes

Question 5

How is Tanner staging rated in males?

Answer 5

Stage 2 males have sparse, thin, and long pubic hair with slight penile enlargement. In stage 3, pubic hair becomes darker and begins to curl, and the penis lengthens. In stage 4, it is starting to resemble adult pubic hair but without complete coverage, and the penis continues to grow. At stage 5, pubic hair extends to the inner thigh and is in the typical adult configuration.

Question 6

At what age can children usually tie a shoelace by?

Answer 6

5 years

Question 7

What should 4 year olds be able to do?

Answer 7

Stand on one leg for 2 seconds, require some help with dressing, language should be fully understandable, can name 4 colors, define 5 words, and know 3 adjectives. Can copy a square and a cross

Question 8

What can 5 year olds do?

Answer 8

Copy a triangle, dress themselves independently, skip, and ask questions about word meaning

Question 9

At what age is bedwetting considered abnormal?

Answer 9

5 years

Question 10

What are 3 year olds able to do?

Answer 10

By the age of 3 years, most children can copy a circle, can handle a spoon quite well, begin to engage in group play, share toys with other children, and have minimal separation anxiety (since they begin to develop a drive for independence). They can speak in 2-3 word sentences that most people can understand.

Question 11

At what age should a child be able to feed him or herself with a spoon?

Answer 11

15 mo

Question 12

How should weight and length have changed by 12 mo?

Answer 12

A child should have tripled their birth weight and and be 1.5 x their birth length