Milestones

Question 1

What are the pediatric milestones for 1 month of age?

Answer 1

GM: holds head up

FM:tight grasp, follows to midline

Language: Alert to sound

Social: knows faces

Feeds–> breastmilk or formula until 6 months

Safety–> car seat, crib, falls, air poisoning

Question 2

What are the pediatric milestones for 2 months of age?

Answer 2

GM: holds head in midline

FM: no longer tihght clench, follows past midline

Language: smiles

Social: recognizes parent

Feeding: BM/ Formula

Social: Burns, car seat, falls

Question 3

3 month milestones?

Answer 3

GM: props self on forearms in prone position

FM: hands open at rest,

Language: Coos

Social: reaches for things, anticipates feeds

Feeding: BM/ FF

Safety: chocking/ suffocation b/ prone

Question 4

4-5 month milestones?

Answer 4

GM: rolls over, sits proped up, shifts weight

Fine motor: 2 handed reaching for stuff placed by them

Language: ahh, goo, razzes

Social: people watcher

Feeds: BM/ FF

choking/ suffocation

Question 5

6 month milestones?

Answer 5

GM: sits unsupported

FM: raking things towards them ( 1 handed)

Language: dadda/ mamma without discrimination at 8 months

Social:Stranger danger

Feeds: iron fortified solids

Safety: poisoning, burns, H2O

Question 6

9 month milestones?

Answer 6

GM: creeps, crawls, pulls to stand

FM: finger feeds, holds bottle

Language: understands no, mamma/ dadda discriminantly

Social: explores, pattycake

Feeds: pureed foods

Safety: same

Question 7

12 month milestones?

Answer 7

GM: walks

FM:throws objects, mature pincher grasp

Language: 2 words other than mamm/ dadda, unintelligable sentences

Social: Comes when called, imitator

Feeding: chewy, bite sized

Safety: think walking( getting hit, hitting things, falling down, drowning)

Question 8

15 month milestones?

Answer 8

GM: creeps upstairs, walks backwards

FM: 2 blocks, scribbles in immitation

Language: 4-6 words, 5 body parts

Social: indicates wants

Feeds: table foods ok

Safety: same as 12 mo

Question 9

18 month milestones?

Answer 9

GM: runs, throws toys from standing without falling

FM: feeds self, turns 2-3 pages in book / time

Language: 8 body parts, points finger

Social: looks back and forth between parent and kids playing with

Feeds: Table food

Safety: same as 12 months

Question 10

24 month milestones?

Answer 10

GM: walks up and down stairs without help

FM: turns 1 page at time, takes off shoes, drinks from cup

Language: 2 word sentences with 50 words

Social: Parallel play

Feeds: higher fat milk

Safety: Play equipment, trikes

Question 11

30 month milestones?

Answer 11

GM: jumps with both feet off floor, and throws ball overhead

FM: undresses, holds pencil right

Language: 2 numbers repeated, pronouns appropriately (I, you, me)

Social: first and last name

Safety: poisoning and choking

Question 12

3 year milestones?

Answer 12

GM: Trike, alternate feet up stairs

FM: dresses and undresses, draws circle

Language: 3 word sentences, minimum 250 words

Social: shares, knows full name and sex

Safety: same as 3 years (playground, poisoning, choking)

Question 13

4 year milestones?

Answer 13

GM: hops and skips , alternates feet down steps

FM: does buttons, catches ball

Language: colours, songs from memory, asks “ why”

Social: tells tales, plays cooperatively

Safety: car seat

Question 14

5 year milestones?

Answer 14

GM: hops and skips, jumps over obstacle

FM: ties shoes, spreads with knife

Language: prints first name, asks what word is

Social: Plays competitive game, and abides by rules, helps around house

Safety: water, pool safety