Important Milestones
Is my child on track for Success??
Birth-2 months: Recognizes caregiver’s voice, Starts to smile, Calms down when rocked, cradled or rocked, begins to follow things with eyes, coos and makes gurgling sounds.
4 months: Babbles with expression, likes to play with people, reaches for toy with one hand, brings hands to mouth, responds to affection, when lying on stomach he/she can push up to elbows
6 months: Knows familiar faces, responds to own name, responds to other people’s emotions and often seems happy, brings more things to his/her mouth, rolls over in both directions, strings vowel sounds together when babbling (“ah”, “eh”, “oh”)
12 months: Cries when mom or dad leaves, says “mama” and “dada”, copies gestures such as waving bye-bye, repeats sounds or actions to get attention, may stand alone without support, progressing toward solid foods and away from a bottle.
15 months: Imitates what you are doing, drinks from a cup, scribbles on his/her own, walks well, may be afraid of strangers
18 months: Points to show others something interesting, says several single words, points to one body part, may walk up steps and run, shows affection to familiar people, eats with a spoon
19-23 months: plays mainly beside other children, follows two step command, plays simple make-believe games, throws ball overhead, knows names of familiar people and body parts
2 years: Gets excited when with other children, says sentences with 2 to 4 words, follows two step instructions such as “pick up your shoes and put them in the closet”, builds tower of 4 or more blocks, kicks a ball, points to things in a book
3 years: Shows concerns for a crying friend, can name most familiar things, talks well enough for strangers to understand most of the time, turns book pages one a time, runs easily, plays pretend with dolls, animals, and people
4 years: Tells stories with friends/parents, cooperates with other children, enjoys doing new things, uses scissors with supervision, catches a bounced ball most of the time, understands the idea of “same” and “different”
5 years: Wants to be like their friends, speaks very clearly, tells a story using full sentences, can print some letters and numbers, hops and may be able to skip, likes to sing, dance, and/or act
6 years: Listens and pays attention, has mature pencil grasp with progressing handwriting skills, prints some letters and numbers, balances on one foot well, able to run/jump/skip, beginning to eat more variety of foods
**Information provided from the CDC. More information on milestones, including an app tracker, can be found on the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html