Development milestones

Question 1

6 weeks milestones

Answer 1

Gross motor: head control begins
Fine motor and vision: fixes and follows
Language/hearing: stills to sound
Social: smiles

Question 2

6 months milestones

Answer 2

Gross motor: no head lag, sitting
Fine motor and vision: full hand grip, hand to hand transfer
Language and hearing: turn to sound, babbles
Social: laughs and squeals

Question 3

12 months milestones

Answer 3

Gross motor: pulls to standing, cruises, walking
Fine motor and vision: mature pincer, object permanence, pointing
Language/hearing: first word, respond to name
Social: waves, peek a boo, drinks from cup

Question 4

18 months milestones

Answer 4

Gross motor: walks well, runs
Fine motor and vision: build tower (3), hand preference, scribbles
Language and hearing: 6-12 words, follow simple instructions
Social: spoon feeding, symbolic play

Question 5

24 months milestones

Answer 5

Gross motor: climbs stairs (2 feet/step), kicks ball
Fine motor and vision: build tower (7), circular scribbles
Language and hearing: 2 words sentence
Social: start toilet training, remove garment

Question 6

36 months milestones

Answer 6

Gross motor: standing on one leg, climb stairs
Fine motor and vision: draws circle, imitates bridge
Language and hearing: speaks in sentences
Social: parallel play, interacting play, sharing

Question 7

Warning signs at birth

Answer 7

Asymmetric moro, absent red reflex, failed neonatal hearing test

Question 8

Warning signs at 10 weeks

Answer 8

No head control, no smiles

Question 9

Warning signs at 6 months

Answer 9

Primitive reflex, hand preference present (suggests autism), squint, minimal response to people, toys or noise

Question 10

Warning signs at 12 months

Answer 10

No sitting, double babble, pincer grasp

Question 11

Warning signs at 18 months

Answer 11

Not walking, <5 words, mouthing, drooling

Question 12

Warning signs at 36 months

Answer 12

No 2 words phrases, not interactive