Development Archetypes

Question 1

Two months

Answer 1

Parent’s little baby

• Looks up at sound
• Smiles because recognises parents
• One on each side of midline

Question 2

Four months

Answer 2

Fat, happy baby
- Rolling and laughing and cooing because he’s discovered midline and reaching for cake to cram in his mouth

(lift head 90 degrees/raise up to chest, roll over, find midline, reach for objects, puts objects in mouth, coos (these are vowel sounds), and laughs)

Question 3

Six months

Answer 3

Street corner baby
- Sitting up on the corner, passing a rake from hand to hand, babbling at people he thinks he recognises

(sit up with no head lag, raking grasp, transfer objects between hands, babbles (consonants), recognizes familiar faces)

Question 4

Nine months

Answer 4

Watch dog baby
- Crawls to window, pulls to stand to see up, points to stranger in yard and calls “mama” to get attention
(stranger anxiety and specific babbling)

Question 5

Twelve months

Answer 5

Playful zombie baby
- Walking at you, snapping pincer grip, saying one word over (brains), and wants to play peekaboo before saying bye bye

(Walk, pincer grasp, 1 word, patacake, bye bye, peekaboo)

Question 6

Fifteen months

Answer 6

Little sister baby
- Wants to be just like big sister, walks confidently (walks well) to the blocks and imitates (imitating) making a 2 block tower (can stack 2 blocks)

Question 7

Eighteen months

Answer 7

Sir charming baby
- Throws scribbled note at Rapunzel (throwing and scribbling), using catapult with cup and spoon (use of cup and spoon) to hit her in her 4 block tower in the face (point to parts of body)

Question 8

2 years

Answer 8

Bad twins
- mom gives two commands to twin boys to run to the stairs, then walk up the 25 stairs. Each walks up the 25 stairs not helping the other. (running, 1 foot stair climb, parallel play, 2 step command and 20-50 words)

Question 9

3 years

Answer 9

James bond baby
- springs into action . . . jumps into 3-piece suit, stands in front of mirror and says full name, jumps on tricycle. “You.Me. I,” is his pickup line.
(jump, tricycle, dresses self, knows full name and you/me/I)

Question 10

4 years

Answer 10

Story time baby
- Really wants story time so runs up stairs, hops on one foot to undress, so she and mum can read together
(alternate feet stairs, hopping, stands on 1 foot, undresses, cooperative play, 4 word phrase)

Question 11

5 years?

Answer 11

Oz baby
- Ties ruby shoes, skips down yellow brick road Yellow Brick Road back to Kansas
(shoe tying, skipping, differentiate reality and fantasy)