Growth Development Chart Flashcards
Social/Emotional
Reflexive smile-nonresponsive
4
weeks
Language
Throaty sounds
4
weeks
Cognitive
1. Fixes on face
2. Reflexes-Moro, palmar, plantar, fencer
4
weeks
Motor
1. Lifts head when prone
2. Holds hands tightly fisted
4
weeks
Physical
Weight gain 5-7 ounces per week
Length increase 1 inch per month until 6 months
4
weeks
Social/Emotional
1. Attempts to look at parent
2. Social Smile
3. Console self – brings hands to midline
2 -3
months
Language
1. Coos
2. Differentiated crying
2 -3
months
Cognitive
1. Crying to indicate boredom
2. Diminishing newborn reflexes
3. Tracks past midline
2 -3
months
Motor
1. Holds chest up when prone
2. Improving head control
3. Symmetric movements of head, arms and legs
4. Hands unfisted ½ time
5. Grasps objects
2 -3
months
Physical
Posterior fontanelle closed (6-8 weeks)
2 -3
months
Social/Emotional
1. Social interactive-laughs out loud, coos responsively
2. Starting to recognize familiar faces
4 -5 months
Language
1. Babbling – VOWELS
2. Beginning to recognize name
3. Sounds –ahh, goo
4 -5 months
Cognitive
1. Using visual exploration to learn about environment, also using vocal exploration
2. Localizes sounds
3. Mouths objects
4. Shakes rattle
4 -5 months
Motor
1. Rolling over front to back and back to front
2. Scooting backwards
3. Diminished head lag when pulled to sit
4. + Head control
4 -5 months
Social/Emotional
1. Socially interactive
2. Recognize familiar faces
3. Discriminates strangers
6-8 months
Language
1. String of Vowels together
2. Combining consonant sounds
3. Imitates speech
6-8 months
Cognitive
1. visual and oral exploration of environment
2. Looks for dropped object
6-8 months
Motor
1. Rolling over well
2. Sitting with support –tripod progresses to independent
3. Rocking back and forth on all fours
4. Transfers objects between hands
5. Raking motion
6-8 months
Physical
1. Weight doubled by 6 months
2. Tooth eruption
6-8 months
Social/Emotional
1. Separation anxiety
2. Seeks parent for play and comfort
9 -11
months