Pediatric developmental milestones

Motor

1mo slight head raise

2mo holds up head

3mo holds head steady

4mo rolls front to back

5mo sits supported

6mo sits unsupported

7mo creeps

8mo crawls

9mo pulls to stand

12mo walks alone

15mo creeps up stairs

18mo runs, throws from standing

21mo squats, walks up stairs

24mo walks up & down steps

Visual/Problem Solving

1mo visually fixes

2mo visually follows past midline

3mo responds to visual threat

4mo reaches with arms in unison

5mo transfers objects

6mo unilateral reach

7mo inspects objects

8mo inspects objects

9mo pincer grasp, holds bottle

12mo mature pincer grasp

15mo scribbles, 2-block tower

18mo 3-block tower

21mo 5-block tower

24mo removes shoes, pants, etc

Language

1mo alert to sound

2mo social smile

3mo coos

4mo laughs, orients to voice

5mo "ah-goo"

6mo babbles

7mo orients to bell

8mo Mama/dada

9mo Mama/dada descriminately

12mo 2 additional words

15mo 4-6 words

18mo 2 word combinations

21mo 50 words

24mo pronouns

Social

1mo regards face

2mo recognizes parent

3mo reaches fo objects

4mo looks around environment

5mo

6mo recognizes strangers

7mo finger-feeds

8mo

9mo explores environment

12mo comes when called

15mo uses spoon independently

18mo plays with other children

21mo asks for food/toilet

24mo parallel play

Source

4/13/06 DONALDSON (adapted from Rosen/Harriet Lane)