The following information is to be used as a guide to and at the discretion of the end-user and should not replace a doctor’s opinion.
Milestones: 1-3 months
Milestones for months 1 to 3 include:
- Ability to raise head and chest when laying on stomach
- Stretches arms out and kicks when laying on back
- Smiles purposefully
- Enjoys playing with other people
- Can follow a moving object with eyes
- Ability to open and shut hands and bring hands to mouth
- Ability to grasp and shake a toy
- Communication includes facial expressions and body movement, coo’s and babbles
- Begins to imitate some sounds and expressions
- Begins to recognize toys and people from a distance
- Hand-eye coordination improving
Milestones: 4-7 months
Milestones for months 4 to 7 include:
- Uses hands and mouth to explore
- Can find a partially hidden object
- Attempts to get objects that are out of their reach
- Can roll from back to tummy and tummy to back
- Can sit by self for a short time, with or without hands and sit in a highchair
- Ability to transfer toys between hands, point and reach for objects
- Communication includes using more variety of sounds and pitches; uses sound to reflect moods, babbles to get attention and can imitate sounds better
- Play becomes more intentional
Milestones: 8-12 months
Milestones for months 8 to 12 include:
- Can move to a sitting position and crawling position on his/her own
- Crawling
- Sitting independently
- Pull up, stand and walk while holding onto furniture; may even take a few steps independently
- Grasp objects with thumb and first finger; can finger feed themselves
- Place toys into containers and take them out; find toys that are hidden
- Communication includes saying mama and dada, oh-oh, shaking head yes or no and imitating other sounds; may even say their first word
- Uncomfortable around strangers and cries when mom or dad leaves
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