Infant to Preschool Milestones

Question 1

A mother expresses worry about her child who recently started cruising along furniture. “I worry he’ll knock something onto himself!” What is the most likely age of her child?

Answer 1

9-12 months

Question 2

What are motor expectations of a 7-9 month old infant?

Answer 2

sitting up,crawling, pulling up on furniture, pincer grasp

Question 3

What are motor expectations of a 10-12 month old infant?

Answer 3

cruising, dropping toys in a bin, turning pages, clapping

Question 4

What are the motor expectations of a 13-18 month old infant?

Answer 4

walking, squatting, standing, holds cup, scooping spoon

Question 5

What are the motor expectations of an 18-24 month old infant?

Answer 5

2-step stairs, scribbles, stripping, six blocks, turns pages

Question 6

What are the motor expectations of a two year old?

Answer 6

2-step stairs, draws circle, kicks ball, jumps in place, pouring

Question 7

What are the motor expectations of a three year old?

Answer 7

tricycling, start using scissors, copy shapes, marching

Question 8

What are the motor expectations for four year olds

Answer 8

Plays with others, plays catch, heel-toes backwards, draws people with 4 features

Question 9

At what age can a child be understood by everyone?

Answer 9

5 years old

Question 10

At what age can a child understand 2-part commands?

Answer 10

2 years old

Question 11

At what age can a child perform simple commands like “wave”?

Answer 11

7-9 months

Question 12

At what age can a child understand what, where, and why? Hint: the child will likely ask these questions constantly

Answer 12

2-3 years old

Question 13

At what age may children use but not really understand pronouns?

Answer 13

19-24 months ( “me want” )

Question 14

By ____ babies start to understand pronouns and mimic new words.

Answer 14

16-18 months

Question 15

By ___, head circumference and chest circumference should be equal.

Answer 15

1-2 years

Question 16

The nurse knows education was successful when a father says: “So, my toddler will grow ___cm every year and will weigh ___ her birthweight by age 3?”

Answer 16

7.5, 4x

Question 17

Which reflexes are gone by 9 months?

Answer 17

step, rooting, Moro, palmar, tonic neck, plantar

Question 18

When does the tonic neck / fencer position reflex go away?

Answer 18

6 months

Question 19

At what age can baby start exploring solids?

Answer 19

6 months

Question 20

The anterior fontanel closes by ____.

Answer 20

12-18 months

Question 21

Baby teeth start to come in around ___.

Answer 21

6 months

Question 22

When should all of baby’s teeth be in?

Answer 22

33 months

Question 23

The child chooses when to potty train, but they should start potty training around ___.

Answer 23

3 years old

Question 24

Preschool age children should grow ___cm per year and gain __ kg.

Answer 24

6.5-9cm, 2-3kg

Question 25

Baby is able to see all colour by ___months.

Answer 25

4 months

Question 26

Baby has fully matured vision by ___.

Answer 26

7 months

Question 27

Baby’s hearing may remain muffled all the way until ___.

Answer 27

9 months