Developmental Milestones Flashcards
Newborn - gross motor
Primitive reflexes - step, place, Moro, Babinski, ATNR, flexor posture
Newborn - fine motor
Primitive reflexes - grasp
New born - language
Primitive reflexes - root, suck
Alert to sound
Startles to loud sounds
Variable cries
Newborn - cognitive
Fix and follow slow
Prefers contrast, colours, high pitched voice
Newborn - social/emotional
Bonding (parent to child)
2 months - gross motor
Heady steady when held
Head up 45 prone when on tummy
2 months - fine motor
Hands open half of time
Bats at objects
2 months - language
Turns to voice
Cooing
2 months - cognitive
Prefers usual caregiver
Attends to moderate novelty
Follows past midline
2 months - social/emotional
Attachment (child to parent)
Social smile
4 months - gross motor
Sits with support
Head up 90 degrees when on tummy, arms out
Rolls front to back
4 months - fine motor
Palmar grasp
Reaches and obtains items
Brings objects to midline
4 months - language
Laugh
Razz
Ga
Squeal
4 months - cognitive
Anticipates routine
Purposeful sensory exploration of objects
4 months - social/emotional
Turn-taking conversations
Explores parent’s face
6 months - gross motor
Postural reflexes
Sits tripod
Rolls both ways
6 months - fine motor
Raking grasp
Transfers hand to hand
6 months - language
Babble
6 months - cognitive
Stranger anxiety
Looks for dropped or partially hidden object
Bringing things to mouth (foods being introduced)
6 months - emotional
Expresses emotions - happy, sad, mad
Memory lasts 24 hours
9 months - gross motor
Sits well with hands free
Pulls to stand
Crawls on hands and knees
9 months - fine motor
Inferior pincer grasp (3 fingers)
Pokes at objects
9 months - language
“Mamma”, “Dadda”
9 months - cognitive
Object permanence
Uncovers toy “peek-a-boo”