Milestones

Gross Motor Milestones

• Lifts head (0 to 2 months) — ✔
• Holds head steady (1.5 to 4 months) — ✔
• Pushes chest up while lying on stomach (2 to 4 months)  — ✔
• Rolls over (2 to 4.5 months)  — ✔
• No head lag when pulled into sitting position (3.5 to 6 months)  — ✔
• Bears weight on legs when held in standing position (3 to 7.5 months)  — ✔
• Sits alone (5 to 8 months)
• Stands holding onto something (5 to 10 months)
• Pulls self up to standing position (6 to 10 months)
• Gets to sitting position independently (6 to 11 months)
• Walks holding onto furniture ("cruising") (7.5 to 12.5 months)
• Stands alone briefly (9 to 13 months)
• Stands alone (9.5 to 14 months)
• Walks alone (11 to 14.5 months)

Fine Motor Milestones

• Brings hands together (1.5 to 3.5 months)  — ✔
• Grasps objects (2.5 to 4.5 months)  — ✔
• Reaches for objects (3 to 5 months)  — ✔
• Transfers objects from hand to hand (4.5 to 7.5 months)
• Grabs objects with whole hand ("rakes") (5 to 8 months)
• Able to feed self a cracker (4.5 to 8 months)
• Grabs object between thumb and forefinger ("pincer grasp") (7 to 10.5 months)
• Bangs objects together (7 to 12 months)
• Mastery of pincer grasp (9 to 14 months)
• Drinks from a cup (10 to 16.5 months)

Language/Communications Milestones

• Eyes focus on objects in front of them (0 to 1.5 months)  — ✔
• Eyes follow objects to the sides (0 to 2.5 months)  — ✔
• Baby regards person's face (0 to 1 month)  — ✔
• Baby smiles in response to person smiling at them ("social smile") (0 to 2 months)  — ✔
• Responds to loud noise (0 to 1.5 months)  — ✔
• Makes happy noises (0 to 2 months)  — ✔
• Laughs (1.5 to 3.5 months)  — ✔
• Makes squealing noises (1.5 to 4.5 months)  — ✔
• Baby smiles without prompting (1.5 to 5 months)  — ✔
• Turns to someone's voice (3.5 to 8.5 months)  — ✔
• Says "dada" or "mama" but doesn't understand meaning of the word (6 to 10 months)
• Imitates speech noises (6 to 11.5 months)
• Says Dada or Mama and means it (9.5 to 13.5 months)
• Indicates wants non-verbally (10.5 to 14.5 months)
• Says 3 or more words in addition to Mama and Dada (11.5 to 20.5 months)

Intellectual Development Milestones

• Plays peek a boo (6 to 9.5 months)
• Looks for hidden object (5 to 8 months)
• Initial shyness with strangers (5.5 to 10 months)
• Plays pat a cake (7 to 13 months)
• Plays ball with someone (9.5 to 16 months)