Your Child's Developmental Milestones

Developmental milestones are a set of skills or tasks that most children can do at a certain age range. It is important to realize that all children grow and develop at different rates. Pediatricians use guidelines to help evaluate how a child is developing.

Here is an easy and helpful summary of when your child should reaching developmental milestones. If your child is not meeting these milestones, it is important to have him or her evaluated by your doctor to determine whether any further testing or interventions are necessary.

Age	Gross motor	Fine motor	Language	Social
1 month	Raises head from prone position	Visually fixates Clenches fists tightly Brings hands to mouth and face	Alerts to sounds	Turns to regard observer’s face
2 month	Lifts chest off table	Brings hands to midline Tracks 180 degrees No longer clenches fists tightly	Coos in response	Social smile
3 month	Uses forearms to push up Holds head and chest up	Holds hands open Holds object placed in hands	Babbles randomly	Anticipates feedings Reaches for familiar objects
4 month	Rolls over front to back Achieves head control Supports on wrist	Reaches out for object with both hands	Laughs aloud	Enjoys looking around
5 month	Rolls back to front	Transfers Reaches out unilaterally	Blows raspberries
6 month	Sits when placed Helps hold a bottle	Raking grasp	Babbles rhythmically	Stranger anxiety
7 month	Gets in to sitting posture by self		Responds to sound indirectly
8 month	Commando crawl	Finger feeds	“Dada” indiscriminately
9 month	Lateral propping Pulls to stand Crawls with legs underneath belly cruises	Immature pincer grasp Holds bottle Throws objects	“Mama” indiscriminately Understands own name	Gesture games “pat-a-cake” Waves “bye-bye”
10 month	Walks when both hands held		Responds to sound directly
11 month	Walks with one hand held		One word plus “mama/dada” specifically
12 month	Walks alone Posterior propping	Drinks from sippy cup Marks paper with crayon Mature pincher grasp	Follows one step command with gesture 2 other words Babbles with inflection	Enjoys imitating Cooperates with dressing

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