Milestones

Question 1

Responds to noise (either by crying, or quieting), follows an object moved in front of eyes

Answer 1

4 weeks

Question 2

Social smiling

Answer 2

6 weeks

Question 3

Head steady on sitting

Answer 3

3 months

Question 4

Rolls from stomach to back, starts babbling

Answer 4

6 months

Question 5

Transfers objects from hand to hand, looks for dropped object

Answer 5

7 months

Question 6

Sits unsupported, begins to crawl

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

Cruising (walking by holding furniture)

Answer 7

12 months

Question 8

Walks without assistance, speaks about 10-20 words

Answer 8

18 months

Question 9

Runs, climbs up and down stairs alone, makes 2-3 word sentences

Answer 9

2 years

Question 10

Dresses self except for buttons and laces, counts to 10, feeds themself well

Answer 10

3 years

Question 11

Hops on one foot, copies a cross

Answer 11

4 years

Question 12

Copies a triangle, skips

Answer 12

5 years

Question 13

Reacts to loud noises, vocalises pleasure and displeasure (laughs, cries)

Answer 13

0-6 months

Question 14

Responds to own name, responds appropriately to angry and friendly tones, babbles* (says ba-ba-ba)

Answer 14

6-12 months

Question 15

Uses single words with meaning (referred to as the ‘holophrastic’ stage), understands simple instructions, tries to imitate simple words

Answer 15

12-18 months

Question 16

Has a vocabulary of up to 40-50 words (mainly nouns and pronunciation often unclear), knows simple body parts, understands simple verbs (eat, sleep), starts to combine words (e.g. More play) referred to as the telegraphic stage*

Answer 16

18-24 months

Question 17

Able to name a number of objects, vocabulary of 150-300 words, able to combine words into short sentences, begins to use prepositions, answers simple questions

Answer 17

24-36 months

Question 18

Has a vocabulary of 900-1000 words, begins to use plurals and past tense, handles three word sentences easily, groups objects such (e.g. Food, animals), strangers will understand most of what is said

Answer 18

36-48 months

Question 19

Puberty (males)

Answer 19

9-14, average 12

Question 20

Puberty (females)

Answer 20

8-14, average 11

Question 21

Precocious puberty in males

Answer 21

before 9

Question 22

Precocious puberty in females

Answer 22

before 8

Question 23

Onset of secondary breast development

Answer 23

Thelarche

Question 24

What tanner stage does menarche happen in

Answer 24

Tanner 4

Question 25

How much does thelarche precede menarche by

Answer 25

2 years

Question 26

When (which stage) does the male growth spurt happen

Answer 26

Between stages 3-4 (done by stage 5 in 95%)

Question 27

When (which stage) does the female growth spurt happen

Answer 27

Between stages 2-3