Infant developmental milestones Flashcards

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Newborn motor

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Ventral suspension: head drops, hips flexed, limbs hang
Moro + palmar + plantar reflex present
Marked head lag

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Newborn fine motor/vision

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Hands fisted

Closed eyes to bright light

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Newborn hearing and speech

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Stills to sound

Startles to sudden loud sounds

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Newborn social/personal

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Alternate drowsy and alert

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Newborn warning signs

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Hyper/hypotonia
Asymmetrical reflexes
++head lag
Poor sucking

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6 weeks motor

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Some head control
Prone: head to side, buttocks mod high
Moro reflex
Ventral suspension: head in midline with body and hips, hips semi-extended

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6 weeks fine motor/vision

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Strares

Follows horizontally to 90 degrees places hand in mouth

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6 weeks hearing and speech

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Startle response
Coos to mother
Turns to look at sound

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6 weeks social

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Smiles at mother

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6 weeks red flags

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No visual fixation/following
Asymmetry of tone
Floppy
\++head lag
Failure to smile
No response to sound
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3 month motor

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Pulls to sit: little or no head lag
Prone: support on forearms, lifts head, buttocks flat
Reflex standing when held
Rolls over
Moro begins to disappear
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3 month fine motor/vision

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Follows through to 180
Holds rattle
watches own hand
Pulls up clothes

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3 month hearing and speech

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Coos and chuckles

Quieting with familiar sound

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3 month personal/social

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Gets excited when fed

Reacts to familiar situations

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3 month red flags

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As for earlier
++startling to visual stimuli- does not hear well
Absent vocalisation

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6 month motor

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Pull to sit: braces shoulder. Support sit
Prone: Lifts head and chest wall
Supports on extended arms
Can support with one arm while grabbing with the other
Supine: lifts legs->plays with feet, feet to mouth

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6 month fine motor/vision

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Reaches for object with palm and grasps with all fingers
Can transfer between hands
Radical approach to toys
Shadow reaction in opposite hand

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6 month hearing and speech

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Babbling begins about 4 months
Vowel, repetitive
Turn to mother voice across room
Laughs aloud

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6 month personal/social

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Takes everything to mouth
Responds to mirror image
Starts holding bottles

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6 month red flags

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Floppiness
Failure to use both hands
Squint
Xresponding to sound
Poor response to people
Meagre vocalisation
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9 month motor

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Sits without support
Can move body without losing balance
Rolls
Attempts to crawl
Rocks on all fours
Pulls to stand
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9 month fine motor/vision

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Immediately reached out
Grab cube in each hand, flexed finger approach
Removes peg man
Points

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9 month hearing and speech

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Vocalises purposely
Babbles, imitates sound
Understands bye bye and no

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9 month personal/social

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Stranger anxiety

Holds bottle or cup

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9 month red flag

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Unable to sit
Hand preference
Fisting
Squint
Persistence of primitive reflexes
Monotonous vocalisations
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10 month motor

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Pulls to stand
Lifts one foot
Walks with both hands held
May cruise furniture
Sitting: begin protective backward extension of arms
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10 month fine motor and vision

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Picks up small objects with thumb and index finger

Voluntary release begins

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10 month hearing and speech

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Shakes head for no

Waves bye bye

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10 month personal and social

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Paces peek a boo with mother

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10 month red flags

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As for others

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12 month motor

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Bear walks
Lifts one foot sideways
Walks around furniture

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12 month fine motor and vision

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Pincer grasp
Releases objects on request
Over releases
Looks for toys when out of sight

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12 month hearing and speech

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Knows own name
2-3 word with meaning
Comprehends simple instructions

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12 month personal and social

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Finger feeds
Pushes arm into sleeve
Drinks from a cup
Plays games

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12 month red flags

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Unable to sit and weight bear
Abnormal grasp
Xresponding to sound
No speech

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15 month motor

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Walks alone with uneven steps
Steps with arms out of balance
Collapses backwards
Creeps upstairs
Goes downstairs backward
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15 month fine motor and vision

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2 cube tower

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15 month hearing and speech

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Jabbers with expression
2-6 spoken words
Points at objects on request

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15 month personal and social

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Holds and drinks from cups

Attempts feeding with spoon and spills most

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15 month red flag

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As for previous months

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18 month motor

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Walks well
Stop and start
Cannot turn unless still
Pulls a toy
Throws a ball
Climbs onto chair
Rocks into small chair
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18 month fine motor and vision

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3 cube tower
Scribbles
May show hand preference

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18 month hearing and speech

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Uses 6-20+ recognisable words

Begins to put 2 words together

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18 month personal and social

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Handles spoon and cup
Indicates wet nappy
Enjoys picture books

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18 month red flag

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Failure to walk
No pincer grip
Inability to understand simple commands
No spontaneous vocalisations
Mouthing
Drooling
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24 month motor

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Runs
Up and down steps
Kick a ball
Squats and rises without hands
Plan movement, under and over.
47
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24 month fine motor and vision

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6 cube tower
Train with cubes
Imitates vertical line
Hand preference usually obvious
24 month hearing and speech
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24 month hearing and speech

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Short phrases
Uses 50+ words
Puts 2-3 words together

49
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24 month personal and social

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Spoon feeds without spilling
Clean and dry by day
Pretend play

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24 month red flag

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Unable to understand simple commmands. Tremor
Incoordination
Severe clumsiness

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36 month motor

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Rides a tricycle
Up steps one foot per step
Down step two feet
Climbs
Walk on tiptoe
Throws and kicks a ball
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36 month fine motor and vision

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9 cube tower
Builds bridge with cubes
Copies a circle
Cuts with scissors
2 piece jigsaw
Threads large beads
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36 month hearing and speech

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Knows name and sex
Uses pronouns
Talks incessantly
Large vocabulary
Intelligible to strangers
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36 month personal and social

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Toilet trained
Dresses with supervision
Eats with forl

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36 month red flag

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Ataxia

Using single words only

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48 month motor

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Up and down stairs with one foot
Hop
Stand on one leg

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48 month fine motor and vision

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Copies cross

3 piece jigsaw

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48 month hearing and speech

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Know name, address and age
Speech is grammatically correct and intelligible
Recognise colours

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48 month personal and social

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Eat with a spoon and fork
Make believe play
Ask questions
Dress and undress
Wash and dry their hands
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48 month red flag

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Speech unintelligible, omit consonants

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60 month motor

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Hop on each leg separately

Can easily follow narrow line

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60 month fine motor and vision

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Draws square and triangle
Draws man with all features
Can print a few letters
Good control with writing and drawing

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60 month hearing and speech

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Knows name, address, birthday
Fluent speech
Use of conjunctions

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60 month personal and social

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Dresses and undresses self
Picks own freidns
Uses knife and fork competently

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60 month red flags

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Emotional immaturity

Clumsiness and poor motor skills

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72 month motor

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Can walk 10 paces backwards

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72 month fine motor and vision

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Diamond

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72 month hearing and speech

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Learns irregular forms of nouns and verbs

Learns comparatives

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72 month personal and social

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Coperative play- leader role and division of labour

70
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72 month red flag

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Clumsy
Poor posture
Poor pencil grip

71
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Overview gross motor development components

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Prone position
Pull to sit
Sitting
Standing and walking

72
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Overview fine motor and vision

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Grasping and reaching
Building blocks
Manipulation
Pencil skills

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Essential milestones to remember

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4-6 weeks: Fixes to face, smiles
6-7 months: Sits up unsupported
9 months: Gets to sitting position
10 months: Pincer grip, waves bye bye
12 months: Walks unsupported, 2-3 words with meaning
18 months: Feeds self with spoon, points to things, tower of 3-4 cubes, throws a ball without falling
24 months: Sentences of 2-3 words, running, kicks a ball

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Developmental warning signs

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Any age: Maternal concern, regression
10 weeks: No smiling
6 months: persistent primitive, persistent squint, hand preference, little interest in people/toys
10-12 months: no sitting, no double syllable babble, no pincer, not chewing
18 months: Not walking independently,