Little babies and their milestones

Question 1

Newborns

Answer 1

Motor-Primitive reflexes, fixing gaze, flexed posture (fisted hands normal)
Social/Language: Cries to communicate needs

Question 2

2 months

Answer 2

Motor: Smiles, less flexed, Visually tracks

Social/Language: coos (musical long vowels), SMILES

Question 3

4 months

Answer 3

Hands to midline, rolls front to back

Social/Language: LAUGHS, stops crying with parents voice, orients head to voice

Question 4

6 months

Answer 4

Motor: sits, unilateral reach, raking grasp

Social/Language: Oral exploration, Babbles (repetitive consonants), stranger anxiety

Question 5

9 months

Answer 5

Motor: Crawls, cruises (walks along furniture), claps

Social/Language: Says MaMa and DaDa, object permanence

Question 6

12 months

Answer 6

Motor: independent steps

Social/Language: Understands much, says 2 words, jargoning with gestures

Question 7

2 years

Answer 7

Motor: Walks up stairs holding one hand, scribbles

Social/Language: 10 words, names body part

Question 8

3 years

Answer 8

Motor: pedals tricycle, walks up stairs alternating feet

Social/Language: parallel play, knows age and sex

Question 9

4 years

Answer 9

motor: hops on one foot, uses scissors, climbs well

Social/Language: Tells a story, goes to toilet alone