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Infant Milestones

Development milestones ages 1-12 months

Age	Activity
1 month	Activity primarily reflexive
1 month	Starts turning head side to side
1 month	Marked head lag
1 month	Grasp reflex strong
1 month	Vocalization includes cries to express displeasure and comfort sounds during feeding
1 month	Watches parents' faces while they talk
2 months	Posterior fontanel closes
2 months	Less head lag than at 1 month
2 months	Sits with head up, propped up with arms in front
2 months	Hands open, grasp reflex fading
2 months	Binocular fixation/ convergence begins
2 months	Visually searches to locate sounds
2 months	Crying begins to be differentiated
2 months	Demonstrates social smile
3 months	Primitive reflexes begin to fade
3 months	Still bobs forward when sitting, but holds more erect position
3 months	Can raise head and shoulders from prone position
3 months	When held in standing position, able to bear slight weight on legs
3 months	Regards own hand
3 months	Actively holds rattle but will not reach for it
3 months	Grasp reflex absent
3 months	Clutches own hand
3 months	Follows objects to periphery
3 months	Squeals aloud to show pleasure
3 months	Coos, babbles, chuckles
3 months	Ceases crying when parent enters room
3 months	Begins to recognize familiar faces and objects, such as bottles
3 months	Shows awareness of strange situations
4 months	Drooling begins
4 months	Almost no head lag
4 months	Balances head well in the sitting position
4 months	Inspects and plays with own hands, begins to try to reach for objects
4 months	Beginning hand-eye coordination
4 months	Laughs aloud
4 months	Demands attention by fussing
4 months	Becomes bored if left alone
4 months	Anticipates feeding when sees bottle or breast
4 months	Shows excitement with whole body, squeals, breathes heavily
4 months	Able to sit upright if propped up
4 months	Rolls from back to side
4 months	Begins to carry objects to mouth
5 months	Beginning signs of tooth eruption
5 months	No head lag
5 months	Turns from stomach to back
5 months	Able to grasp objects voluntarily
5 months	Plays with toes
5 months	Uses palmar grip
5 months	Visually pursues a dropped object
5 months	Can differentiate strangers from family
6 months	Birth weight is doubled
6 months	Height is 50% more than at birth
6 months	Teething begins
6 months	Lifts chest and upper abdomen off surface, bearing weight on hands
6 months	Rolls from back to abdomen
6 months	Holds bottle
6 months	Grasps feet and pulls to mouth
6 months	Recognizes parents; fears strangers
6 months	Holds arms out to be picked up
6 months	Begins to imitate
6 months	Searches for a dropped object
7 months	Bears full weight on feet
7 months	Transfers objects from one hand to another
7 months	Responds to own name
6 months	"Talks" when others are talking- one syllable utterances
7 months	Chained syllables such as baba, dada
7 months	Plays peek-a-boo
7 months	Oral aggressiveness in biting and mouthing
8 months	Begins to show regular patterns in bladder and bowel elimination
8 months	Sits readily unsupported
8 months	May stand holding onto furniture
8 months	Beginning pincer grasp
8 months	Combines syllables like dada but does not attach meaning to them
8 months	Increasing separation anxiety
8 months	Respons to "no"
9 months	Creeps on hands and knees
9 months	Pulls self to standing position and stands holding onto furniture
9 months	Crude pincer grasp
9 months	Preference for dominant hand now prominent
9 months	Comprehends "no no"
9 months	Shows interest in pleasing parent, mother becomes more important
9 months	Begins to show signs of fear of being left alone
10 months	Changes from prone to sitting position
10 months	While standing, lifts one foot to take a step
10 months	Says dada and mama with meaning
10 months	Waves bye-bye
10 months	Develops object permanence
10 months	Plays pat-a-cake
10 months	Cries when scolded
10 months	Follows pictures in a book
11 months	Crusing begins
11 months	Neat pincer grasp
11 months	Drops object purposely for it to be picked up
11 months	Reacts to restrictions with frustration
11 months	Shakes head for no
12 months	Birth weight tripled
12 months	Head and chest circumference equal
12 months	Anterior fontanel almost closed
12 months	Walks with one hand held
12 months	Early independent walking
12 months	Attempts to build a two-block tower but fails
12 months	Says three to five words
12 months	Recognizes objects by name and imitates animals
12 months	Understands simple verbal commands
12 months	Shows emotions such as jealousy, affection, fear, anger
12 months	Fearful in strange situations, clings to parent
12 months	Increasing practice of locomotor skills

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