Developmental milestones during first year of life
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Age
(months)
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Gross Motor
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Fine Motor
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Language
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Social/cognitive
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2
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• Lifts head/chest in prone position
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• Hands unfisted 50%
of the time
• Tracks past midline
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• Alerts to voice/sound
• Coos
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• Social smile
• Recognizes parents
|
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4
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• Sits with trunk support
Begins rolling
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• Hands mostly open
• Reaches midline
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· Laughs
· Turns to voice
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· Enjoys looking around
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6
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• Sits momentarily propped on hands
(unsupported by 7 months)
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• Transfers objects
hand to hand
• Raking grasp
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• Responds to name
• Babbles
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• Stranger anxiety
|
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9
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• Pulls to stand
• Cruises
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• 3-finger pincer
grasp
• Holds bottle or cup
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• Says “dada,” “mama”
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• Waves “bye”
• Plays “pat-a- cake”
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12
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• Stands well
• Walks first steps independently
• Throws ball
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• 2-finger pincer
grasp
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· Says first words other
than “dada,” “mama”
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· Separation anxiety
· Comes when called
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Developmental milestones during toddlerhood
|
Age
|
Gross Motor
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Fine Motor
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Language
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Social/cognitive
|
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10 months
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• Stands well
• Walks first steps
independently
• Throws a ball
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• 2-finger pincer grasp
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• Says first words (other
than “mama” & “dada”)
|
Separation anxiety
• Follows I-step
commands with gestures
|
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18 months
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• Runs
• Kicks a ball
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• Builds a tower of 2-4
cubes
• Removes clothing
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• 10- to 25-word vocabulary
• Identifies ≥ 1 body parts
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• Understands “mine”
• Begins pretend play
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2 years
|
• Walks up/down stairs with
both feet on each step
• Jumps
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· Builds a tower of 6 cubes
· Copies a line
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· Vocabulary 250 words
· 2-word phrases
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• Follows 2-step
commands
• Parallel play
Begins toilet training
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3 years
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• Walks up/down stairs with alternating feet
• Rides tricycle
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· Copies a circle
· Uses utensils
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· 3-word sentences
· Speech 75% intelligible
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• Knows age/gender
• Imaginative play
|
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4 years
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• Balances & hops on 1 foot
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· Copies a cross
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• Identifies colors
• Speech 100% intelligible
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• Cooperative play
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5 years
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• Skips
• Catches ball with 2 hands
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· Copies a square
· Ties shoelaces
· Dresses/bathes independently
· Prints letters
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· Counts to 10
· 5-word sentences
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• Has friends
• Completes toilet training
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Age
|
Gross Motor
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Fine Motor
|
Language
|
Social/cognitive
|
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3 mo
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Roll
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—
|
Laugh
|
Smile
|
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6 mo
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Sit
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Switches
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Shmooze
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Stranger
|
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9 mo
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Pull
|
Pincer
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Papa
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Play
|
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12 mo
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Two-legs
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Track
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Two-words
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Two-of-us
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Source: DirtyUSMLE
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Sexual behavior in Preadolescents (<12 ys)
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ⓝ
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🆎
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Toddler
• Exploring others’ genitals
• Masturbatory movements
• Undressing self or others
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· Insertion of objects into
vagina or anus
· Sex play involving genital-genital, oral- genital, or anal-genital contact
· Use of force, threats, or bribes in sex play
· Age-inappropriate
sexual knowledge
|
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School-age
interest in sex words &
play
Asking questions about sex
• Masturbatory movements
(may become more
sophisticated)
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