Milestones

Question 1

Fixing and following objects

Answer 1

6 weeks (Limit 3 months)

Question 2

Reaches out for toys

Answer 2

4 months (Limit 6 months)

Question 3

Palmar grasp

Answer 3

4-6 months.

Question 4

Transfers toys between hands

Answer 4

7 months (Limit 9 months)

Question 5

Mature pincer grip

Answer 5

10 months (Limit 12)

Question 6

Making marks with crayons

Answer 6

16-18 months

Question 7

Tower building (3, 6 and 8)

Answer 7

3 blocks - 18 months.
6 blocks - 2 years
8 blocks (or train with four) - 2.5 years.

Question 8

How soon before a child can draw a shape independently can they copy it?

Answer 8

Approx 6 months.

Question 9

Drawing Line

Answer 9

2 years

Question 10

Drawing Circle

Answer 10

3 years

Question 11

Drawing Cross

Answer 11

3.5 years

Question 12

Drawing Square

Answer 12

4 years

Question 13

Drawing Triangle

Answer 13

5 years

Question 14

Startling to loud noises

Answer 14

Newborn

Question 15

Coos/laughs

Answer 15

3-4 months

Question 16

Turns to soft sounds out of sight / polysylabic babble

Answer 16

4-6 months.

Question 17

Indiscriminate sounds

Answer 17

7 months

Question 18

Discriminately using sounds toward parents.

‘Mama’ ‘Dada”

Answer 18

10 months

Question 19

Mama + Dada + 2/3 other words.

Understands words such as ‘drink’ .

Answer 19

12 months

Question 20

6-10 words. Can name simple body parts (arm, leg, nose)

Answer 20

18 months

Question 21

Simple phrases - ‘give me teddy’.

Answer 21

20-24 months

Question 22

Constantly talking in 2-3 word sentences, two joined commands

Answer 22

2.5-3 years

Question 23

Smiles responsively

Answer 23

6 weeks (limit 8)

Question 24

Puts food into mouth

Answer 24

6-8 months

Question 25

Waves ‘bye bye’ . Plays peek-a-boo

Answer 25

10-12 months

Question 26

Drinks from cup with two hands

Answer 26

12 months

Question 27

Can feed self with spoon

Answer 27

18 months

Question 28

Symbolic play

Answer 28

18 months - 2 years

Question 29

Toilet trained to be dry by day, pulls off clothing.

Answer 29

2 years. Bedwetting can persist to age 5 and still be normal.

Question 30

Parallel play, some interactive elements evolving, turn taking

Answer 30

2.5 to 3 years.

Question 31

Hand dominance before what age is concerning? What could this be a red flag for?

Answer 31

18 months

Cerebral Palsy

Question 32

Raises head 45 degrees from prone

Answer 32

6-8 weeks

Question 33

Sits without support

Answer 33

6-8 months (limit 9 months)

Question 34

Crawling

Answer 34

8-9 months

Question 35

Stands Independently +/- cruising around furniture

Answer 35

10 months

Question 36

Walking unsteadily (broad based gait)

Answer 36

12 months (limit 18). Normally walking steadily by 15 months.

Question 37

Running and Jumping

Answer 37

2.5 years