Infancy Milestones

Question 1

Fontanelle closures

Answer 1

• anterior (diamond shape, 12-18 months)
• posterior (triangle shape, 8-12 weeks)

Question 2

Weight

Answer 2

6 months (double)
12 months (triple)

Question 3

Length

Answer 3

0.5-1 in per month

Question 4

Teeth

Answer 4

lower center incisors usually around 10 months

Question 5

2 months
(motor skills, language)

Answer 5

• raises head and chest
• head control improving
• moves head side to side
• should be smiling

-makes verbal noise (coos)

Question 6

4 months
(motor skills, language)

Answer 6

• begins to play
• rolls from prone to supine
• holds and reaches for toys
• head leads body when pulled to sit

babbling (copies noises)

“rolls on floor thymes with four”

Question 7

6 months
(motor skills, language)

Answer 7

• can sit up w/support
• stranger anxiety begins
• tripod sit
• babbles (nonspecific)

Question 8

8-9 months
(motor skills, language)

Answer 8

• sits w/o support
• crawling
• stands with pulling and holds onto objects
• pincer grasp
• object permanence

Question 9

10-12 months
(motor skills, language)

Answer 9

• walking
• separation anxiety
  -simple words such as dada

Question 10

Red flags

Answer 10

• no ability to transfer objects hand to hand by one year
• unable to sit alone by 9 months