Milestones Flashcards
Fixing and following objects
6 weeks (Limit 3 months)
Reaches out for toys
4 months (Limit 6 months)
Palmar grasp
4-6 months.
Transfers toys between hands
7 months (Limit 9 months)
Mature pincer grip
10 months (Limit 12)
Making marks with crayons
16-18 months
Tower building (3, 6 and 8)
3 blocks - 18 months.
6 blocks - 2 years
8 blocks (or train with four) - 2.5 years.
How soon before a child can draw a shape independently can they copy it?
Approx 6 months.
Drawing Line
2 years
Drawing Circle
3 years
Drawing Cross
3.5 years
Drawing Square
4 years
Drawing Triangle
5 years
Startling to loud noises
Newborn
Coos/laughs
3-4 months
Turns to soft sounds out of sight / polysylabic babble
4-6 months.
Indiscriminate sounds
7 months
Discriminately using sounds toward parents.
‘Mama’ ‘Dada”
10 months
Mama + Dada + 2/3 other words.
Understands words such as ‘drink’ .
12 months
6-10 words. Can name simple body parts (arm, leg, nose)
18 months
Simple phrases - ‘give me teddy’.
20-24 months
Constantly talking in 2-3 word sentences, two joined commands
2.5-3 years
Smiles responsively
6 weeks (limit 8)
Puts food into mouth
6-8 months
Waves ‘bye bye’ . Plays peek-a-boo
10-12 months
Drinks from cup with two hands
12 months
Can feed self with spoon
18 months
Symbolic play
18 months - 2 years
Toilet trained to be dry by day, pulls off clothing.
2 years. Bedwetting can persist to age 5 and still be normal.
Parallel play, some interactive elements evolving, turn taking
2.5 to 3 years.
Hand dominance before what age is concerning? What could this be a red flag for?
18 months
Cerebral Palsy
Raises head 45 degrees from prone
6-8 weeks
Sits without support
6-8 months (limit 9 months)
Crawling
8-9 months
Stands Independently +/- cruising around furniture
10 months
Walking unsteadily (broad based gait)
12 months (limit 18). Normally walking steadily by 15 months.
Running and Jumping
2.5 years
