Paeds - Developmental milestones Flashcards
What gross motor skills should a child have at 6 weeks?
Good head control - Raises head to 45 degrees when on tummy
Stabilises head when raised to sitting position
What gross motor skills should a child have at 6 months?
Sitting without support with a rounded back
Can roll from their tummy to their back (vice versa slightly later)
Which comes first - rolling from tummy to back, or back to tummy?
Tummy to back
What gross motor skills should a child have at 7.5 months?
Sitting with a straight back
What gross motor skills should a child have at 9 months?
Standing holding on
When is a child expected to be able to walk? When is it a red flag if a child is not walking? What are some possible causes for delayed walking?
BONUS: One cause is genetic - what is the mode of inheritance? One cause can be identified during a NIPE using which manoeuvres?
Between 9 and 18 months
Not walking by 18 months is a red flag. Possible causes of delayed walking include Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, hip problems and cerebral palsy
BONUS: Duchenne’s MD is X-linked recessive. The Barlow and Ortolani manoeuvres can identify hip problems during a NIPE
Which comes first, running or jumping? At what ages?
Running is first (16 months), then jumping (18 months)
What gross motor skills should a child have at 2 years old?
Running tiptoe
Walking upstairs - both feet on each step
Throwing a ball at shoulder level
What gross motor skills should a child have at 2.5 years old?
Kicking a ball
What gross motor skills should a child have at 3 years old?
Hopping on one foot for 3 steps (both feet)
Walking upstairs one foot per step
Walking downstairs two feet per step
When should children be able to use stairs?
2 years: Walk upstairs two feet per step
3 years: Walk upstairs one foot per step, walk downstairs two feet per step
4 years: Use stairs like an adult
What gross motor skills should a child have at 4 years old?
Walking upstairs / downstairs in an adult manner
What fine motor skills should a child have at 6 weeks?
Tracking objects / faces
What fine motor skills should a child have at 6 months?
Transferring hand to hand
What fine motor skills should a child have at 5 months?
Palmar grasp
What fine motor skills should a child have at 9 months?
Inferior pincer grip
Object permanence
When do children develop object permanence?
9 months
What fine motor skills should a child have at 12 months? BONUS: What red flag should we look out for?
Stacking 2 bricks
Casting bricks - this should disappear by 18 months. Persistence beyond this is abnormal
What fine motor skills should a child have at 10 months?
Neat pincer grip
What fine motor skills should a child have at 18 months?
Stacking 4 bricks
What fine motor skills should a child have at 15 months?
Drawing to and fro