The Development of your Children.
Christi Prater
Child Development Milestones
Month 2:
Your baby should begin:
- Smiling.
- Making cooing noises.
- Having the ability to follow objects with his/her eyes.
- The ability to push up on their stomach.
- Reacts to noises.
Month 4:
Your baby should begin:
- Rolling over on their own, also sits without support.
- Recognizing people.
- Showing emotions (including fear of strangers.)
- Brings objects to mouth.
- Begins babbling.
Month 6:
Between months 4-6 their is roughly the same type of development, but month 6 goes a little further with:
- Beginning to point.
- Moving one thing from one hand to the other.
- Begins making clearer sounds (ex. "mamamama".)
Month 9:
During month nine your baby should began:
- Crawling, pulling to standing position.
- Ability to play Peek-a-Boo.
- Grasp smalls foods between thumb and index finger.
- Tries to repeat words (ex. daddy= "dada".)
Month 12:
Now your precious baby is a year old, but the development continues:
- Waves "bye-bye".
- Understands simple directions (ex. "do not put that in your mouth".)
- Starts to use items correctly (ex. Hairbrush, comb, toothbrush, cup, etc.)
- Has the ability to put things into containers and take them back out, finds hidden objects.
- Begins walking!
Month 18:
Now that your baby is over a year old they began looking at things a little more intellectually:
- Ability to focus on what they are doing in that specific moment.
- Crawling, standing, walking have all been accomplished.
- Begins saying small "words" (ex. dada, mama, papa, etc.)
- Begins scribbling.
2 years:
We're officially away from the baby stages and into the toddler years, there is still much more developing to go!
- The temper tantrums will begin.
- Ability to undress themselves.
- Drinks from a cup.
- Begins pretend playing.
- Moves up and down the stairs (both feet on one step.)
- Increased vocabulary.
3 years:
Your toddler should begin:
- Playing with other children.
- Have the ability to kick a ball.
- Able to stand on their tiptoes.
- Runs!
- Speaks in short sentences.
- Thrive with routine.
Playing dress-up.
Using scissors.
Putting colors into groups.
4 years:
The last milestone I will be covering, your toddler should now begin:
- Follows two-step directions (ex. "Get the hairbrush and brush your hair.")
- Sorts objects into groups.
- May begin showing which hand is their dominant.
- Carry on conversation.
- Use Scissors,
- Play make believe.
- Dress and undress themselves.
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