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Pediatric Milestones

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1 mo motor
Turns head in supine
Chin up in prone
Hands fisted near face
1 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Sucks well, swallow well, breath through nose
Follows face or object
Gaze at black and white objects
1 mo social/emotional/language
Discriminates mothers voice
Cries in distress
Calms to your voice
Startles to loud noises
Makes sounds other than crying
2 mo motor
Chest up and head up in prone
Tries to steady head briefly when held/upright
Hands unfisted 50% of time
Retains rattle if placed in hand
Holds hands together
2 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Opens mouth to breast/bottle
Recognizes mother
Follows contrasting objects
2 mo social/emotional/language
Gurgles/Coos
Reciprocates smiling/responds to adult voices/smiles
Alert to voice/sound
Social smile
Vowel-like noises
4 mo motor
Rolls front to back (prone to supine)
Sits with trunk support
No head lag when pulled to sit (good head control)
Reaches persistently for objects
Plays with rattle
Holds hands predominantly open
Props on waist
Clutches at clothes
4 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Briefly holds breast/bottle
Mouths objects
Stares longer at new faces than familiar ones
Shakes rattle
Reaches for ring/rattle
4 mo social/emotional/language
Smile spontaneously at pleasurable sight/sound
Top crying at parent's voice
To and fro alternating vocalizations
Orient head in direction of voice
Stops cry to soothing voice
laughs out loud
Vocalizes when alone
6 mo motor
Pivots in prone (on belly rolls both ways)
Sits momentarily propped on hands (sits without support)
Transfers hand to hand
Rakes pellet (raking grasp-grabs things with whole hand)
Bears weight on one hand in prone
Takes second cube, holds on to one
Reaches with hand
6 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Feeds self crackers
Bangs and shakes toys
Places hands on bottle
Touches reflections and coalizes
Removes cloth on face
6 mo social/emotional/languae
Stranger anxiety
Listens then vocalizes when adult stops
Recognize familiar vs unfamiliar people
Stops momentarily to no
Gestures for up
Reduplicate babble with consonants
Smiles/vocalizes to mirror
9 mo motor
Begins creeping/cruising
Pulls to stand
Grasps with 2 finger and thumb below (3 finger grasp)
Stands on feet and hands
Crawl with all 4 limbs straightened (bear walk)
Bangs 2 cubes together
9 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Separation anxiety
Bites, chews cookie
Inspects parts of a bell
Rings bell after demo
Pulls sting to obtain attached toy out of reach
Uses sounds to get attention
Follows a point "oh look at that"
Recognize familiar people visually
9 mo social/emotional/language
Mama nonspecific
Enjoys gesture games (pat a cake/waves bye bye)
Orients to name well
Turns head up and diagonally to view source of sound
Nonreproducible babble
Imitates sound
12 mo motor
Independent steps
Stands well with arms high and legs splayed (posterior protection)
Scribbles after demo, holds crayons
Fine pincer grasp of pellet (2 finger grasp)
Attempts tower of 2 cubes
12 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Lifts box lid to find toy
Cooperates in dressing
Finger feeds part of meal
Takes hat off
Rattles spoon in cup
12 month social/emotional/language
2-3 clear first words (mama/dada specific)
Shows objects to parent to show interest
Points in order to get desired object
Follow 1 step command with gesture
Recognize name of 2 objects, looks when named
Imitates parents (repeat sounds/gestures)
Points in order to get desired object
Uses several gestures with vocalizing
15 mo motor
Creeps up stairs
Walks carrying toys
Stoops to pick up toy
Runs stiff-legged
Climbs furniture
Build 3-4 cub towers
Places 10 cubes in cup
Releases pellet into bottle
Scribbles
15 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Uses spoon with some spilling
Attempts to brush own hair
Fusses to be changed
Turns pages in book
Places circle in single shape puzzle
15 mo social/emotional/language
Use 3-5 words
Points to 1 body part
Show empathy (if someone else cries child look sad)
Hug adult in reciprocation
Recognize without demo toy requires activation and hands it to adult if cant operate
Points to 1 object of 3
Gets object from another room upon demand
Mature jargoning (with real words)
18 mo motor
Creeps down stairs
Runs well
Seats self in small chair
Throw ball standing
Make 4 cube tower
Crudely imitates vertical stroke
18 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Removes garment
Gets onto adult chair unaided
Moves about house without adult
Matches pairs of objects
Replaces circle in form board ager it has been turned around
18 mo social/emotional/language
Passes M-CHAT
Use 10-25 words
Engages in pretend play with other people (tea party, birthday party)
Begins to show shame (when wrong)
Begin possessiveness
Points to 2 of 3 objects when named
Points to 3 objects
Points to self
Understands mine
Points to familiar people when named
Uses giant words (all gone, stop that)
Imitates environment sounds (animals)
Names one picture on demand
24 month motor
Walks down stairs holding rail both feet on each step
Kicks ball
Throws overhand
Makes single line train of cubes
Imitates circle and horizontal line
24 mo self help/cognitive/academic
Sorts objects, matches objects to pictures
Open door using knob
Suck through straw
Takes off clothes without buttons
Pulls off pants
Shows use of familiar objects
24 mo social/emotional/language
Follow 2 step commands
Use 2 word sentences
50+ (50-300) words in vocab
Parallel play
Begins to mask emotions for social etiquette
Understands me/you
Points to 5-10 pictures
Telegraphic speech
50% intelligibility
Refers to self by name
Names 3 pictures
3 year motor
Pedals tricycle
Copies circle
Balances on one foot 3 seconds
Goes up stirs no rail alternating feet
Walks heel toe
Catches ball, arms stiff
Cuts with scissors side to side awkwardly
Imitates bridge of cubes
Strings small beads well
3 year self help/cognitive/academic
Puts on shoes without laces
Unbuttons
Dress/undress with little help
Brush teeth
Eats independently
Pours liquids
Spreads with knife
Draws 2-3 part person
Understands big/small, more/less
Knows gender/age
Matches letters/numbers
3 year social/emotional/language
Imaginative play
3 word sentences
75% intelligibility
Uses 200+ words
Starts to share
Fears imaginary things
Uses words to describe what someone else is thinking
Points to parts of picture
Understands action words (playing, blowing)
Names body part when function described
Understands negatives
Groups objects (food, toys)
Understands long/short
Uses pronouns right
Uses plurals
Names body parts by use
Asks to be read to
4 year motor
Hops on one foot 2-3 times
Copies square and cross
Balances on 1 foot 4-8 seconds
Gallops
Throw ball overhead 10 ft
Catches bounced ball
Cuts 5 inch circle, uses scissors better
Imitates making complex gate with cubes
Ties single knot
Uses tongs to transfer
Writes part of first name
Works from left to right, top to bottom
4 year self help/cognitive/academic
Brushes teeth alone
Button
Draw 4-6 part person
Can give amounts
Points to 5-6 colors
Points to letters/numbers when named
Reads several common sings/store names
Rote counts to 4
Goes to toilet alone
Wipes after BM
Washes face/hands
Uses fork well
Complete simple analogies (dad is a boy mom is a girl)
4 year social/emotional/language
Group play
100% intelligibility
Uses 300-1000 words
Repeats 4-6 syllable sentences
Interested in tricking others and concerned about being tricked
Has preferred friend
Labels happy, sad, fear, anger in self
Follow 3 step commands
Points to things that are same vs different
Names things when actions described (it swims in water-fish, it tells time-clock)
Tells stories
Uses feeling words
Uses words to tell about time
5 year motor
Writes first name
Walks down steps alternating feet no rail
Hops on 1 foot, may skip
5 year self-help/cognitive/academic
Counts to 10, knows 10 colors, reads 25 words
Knows right and left
Knows his/her gender
5 year social/emotional/language
Speaks clearly
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