developmental milestones overview Flashcards
2 months
gross motor?
sentence?
head lifting, head turning, lifting head 45 degrees, neck control, prone bear weight on forearms and breaks
lift head 45 degrees (when laying on face), turns to sound, follows objects past midline, social smile
Baby: looks up to sound, smiles because he sees both his parents, one on either side of midline about to give him milk (liquids) they place him on stomach to bear weight on forearms
4 months
gross motor?
sentence?
you roll at 4 months at the level of shoulder and chest
4 months: 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, bear weught on forearms extended arms and shift, sucking on liquids and puree
Baby: baby is rolling and laughing and cooing, sucking on liquids and puree because he just discovered midline and is reaching for cake that he will cram into his mouth
6 months
gross motor?
sentence?
eating?
you can sit at 6 months halfway to goal of standing
6 months: sit up with no head lag, raking grasp, transfer objects between hands, babbles (consonants), recognizes familiar faces, takes cereal from spoon attempts to hold bottle
Baby: sitting up on sidewalk, transferring a rake from hand to hand, takes cereal from a spoon, and then attemots to hold a water bottle, while babbling at people he thinks he recognizes
9 months
gross motor
sentence?
crawl and pull to stand halfway between shoulders and goal
9 months: Crawl, pull to stand, point, specific babbling (mama, dada), stranger anxiety, finger feeds soft table foods
Watch Dog Baby: crawls to window, pulls to stand to see out, finger feeds soft table foods (peas,dry cereals) that were left on window ledge, points at stranger in yard and says “mama” to get attention of parents.
12 months
2 sentences
child can walk has reached his goal
Walk, pincer grasp, 1 word, patacake, bye bye, peekaboo
Playful Zombie Baby: walking at you, snapping pincers, repeating one word over and over (brrraaaaains), and just wants to play patacake and peekaboo before waving bye bye.
-irritated baby - baby dips spoon and brings food to mouth but spills it before he puts it in, and then recognizes he is wet and soiled so he pulls off shoes and socks before parents check his diaper
Gross motor story 1 year to 5 years old
a child on the 1st floor of her house sits up, crawls, cruises, then 1) WALKS to stairs, 1.5) THROWS object up stairs, 2) walks up stairs one foot at at time and RUNS to his tricycle, 3) RIDES a tricycle upstairs, JUMPS off, 4) RUNS down the stairs, HOPS off the stairs and 5) SKIPS away
15 months
sentence?
15 months: walks well, imitates, controlled release of blocks (can stack 2), can start scooping food and bringing to mouth
Little Sister Baby:baby scoops food and brings to mouth then notices her big sister stacking blocks wants to be just like big sister, walks confidently to the blocks and imitates making a 2 block tower
18 months
sentence?
toilet?
18 months: Throw, scribble, 4 block tower, 1 step command, uses spoon/cup, points to parts of body
Sir Charming Baby: needs to get note to Rapunzel so scribbles note on paper to throw into high 4 block tower, catapult has cup on end, shoves note in with spoon, and throws note at tower, hitting Rapunzel in the face, after play she has to use restroom and sits on toilet supervised
2 years
sentence?
2 sentences
2 years: Run, stairs (1 foot at a time), 20-50 words, 2 step command, parallel play
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.
- hungry baby - baby runs in house takes off unfastened coat and helps locate arm holes to pull off shirt because he is hungry, prepares to eat by grabbing fork and stabbing at canned fruits
3 years
sentence?
3 years: Jump, Tricycle, dresses self (shirt, pants, shoes), full name, “you, me, I”, copy vertical lines
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. realizes he needs to use the restroom jumps off his bike in the restroom and sits on toilet parents give him little assistance wiping and buttoning difficult fasteners and clothing
4 years
sentence?
4 years: Stairs (alternating feet), hop, undresses, 1 foot (4 seconds), 4 word phrases (complete sentences), cooperative play
Bedtime Story Baby- completes all aspects of toileting and dressing I really wants story time, so runs up stairs, hops on one foot to undress, so she and mom can read a story together. A Wrinkle in Time.
5 years
sentence?
5 years: Skip, Tie shoes, Difference between reality/fantasy
Oz Baby: before tieing ruby shoes, and skipping down Yellow Brick Road back to Kansas
6 years
sentence?
hand child- child is practicing complex rotation and in hand manipulation while using a dynamic tripod grasp to write for about a year now
