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Development milestones ages 1-12 months

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