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Child Development Milestones - Catirina E.

By catirina_e

  • Birth

    Birth

  • Coos and makes gurgling sounds

    Coos and makes gurgling sounds
    Language/Communication

  • Begins to smile at people

    Begins to smile at people
    Social and Emotional

  • Pays attention to faces

    Pays attention to faces
    Cognitive

  • Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy

    Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy
    Movement/Physical Development

  • 2 months old

    2 months old

  • Cries in different ways to show hunger, pain, or being tired

    Cries in different ways to show hunger, pain, or being tired
    Language/Communication

  • Smiles spontaneously, especially at people

    Smiles spontaneously, especially at people
    Social and Emotional

  • When lying on stomach, pushes up to elbows

    When lying on stomach, pushes up to elbows
    Movement/Physical Development

  • Reaches for toy with one hand

    Reaches for toy with one hand
    Cognitive

  • 4 months old

    4 months old

  • Likes to look at self in a mirror

    Likes to look at self in a mirror
    Social and Emotional

  • Makes sounds to show joy and displeasure

    Makes sounds to show joy and displeasure
    Language/Communication

  • Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach

    Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach
    Cognitive

  • Begins to sit without support

    Begins to sit without support
    Movement/Physical Development

  • 6 months old

    6 months old

  • Puts things in his mouth

    Puts things in his mouth
    Cognitive

  • Uses fingers to point at things

    Uses fingers to point at things
    Language/Communication

  • May be afraid of strangers

    May be afraid of strangers
    Social and Emotional

  • Crawls

    Crawls
    Movement/Physical Development

  • 9 months old

    9 months old

  • Hands you a book when he wants to hear a story

    Hands you a book when he wants to hear a story
    Social and Emotional

  • Uses simple gestures, like shaking head “no” or waving “bye-bye”

    Uses simple gestures, like shaking head “no” or waving “bye-bye”
    Language/Communication

  • Pulls up to stand, walks holding on to furniture (“cruising”)

    Pulls up to stand, walks holding on to furniture (“cruising”)
    Movement/Physical Development

  • Starts to use things correctly; for example, drinks from a cup, brushes hair

    Starts to use things correctly; for example, drinks from a cup, brushes hair
    Cognitive

  • 1 year old

    1 year old

  • May have temper tantrums

    May have temper tantrums

  • Points to show someone what he wants

    Points to show someone what he wants
    Language/Communication

  • Scribbles on his own

    Scribbles on his own
    Cognitive

  • Eats with a spoon

    Eats with a spoon
    Movement/Physical Development

  • 18 months old

    18 months old

  • Plays mainly beside other children, but is beginning to include other children, such as in chase games

    Plays mainly beside other children, but is beginning to include other children, such as in chase games
    Social/Emotional

  • Points to things in a book

    Points to things in a book
    Language/Communication

  • Builds towers of 4 or more blocks

    Builds towers of 4 or more blocks
    Cognitive

  • Walks up and down stairs holding on

    Walks up and down stairs holding on
    Movement/Physical Development

  • 2 years old

    2 years old