Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 years! 2 mos.! Lifts head/chest when prone! Eyes track past the midline! ! Alerts to sound! ! Social (reciprocal) smile! Recognizes parent! 4 mos.! Rolls front to back! Grasps a rattle! ! Laughs! ! Soothed by parent’s voice! Orients head to direction of a voice! 6 mos.! Sits with little or no support! ! Reaches with one hand! ! Transfers objects! ! Babbles! ! Developing stranger anxiety! Feeds self! 9 mos.! Pulls to stand! ! Developing immature pincer grasp! ! Bangs two objects together! ! Says “mama/dada” indiscriminately! ! Waves bye-bye! Plays gesture games" (e.g., pat-a-cake) ! 12 mos.! Stands/walks alone! Fine pincer grasp! ! One word other than “mama”/”dada”! ! Follows one-step commands with a gesture! Points to desired object! 15 mos.! Stoops and recovers! Scribbles in imitation! Uses 3–5 words! ! Uses spoon and cup! ! Turns pages in a book! 18 mos.! Runs well! Builds a tower of 3 cubes! Points to 1–3 body parts! “Helps” in the house! 24 mos.! ! Throws ball overhand! ! Kicks a ball! Copies drawing a line with crayon! ! Speaks in 2-word combinations! ! > 50-word vocabulary! ! Parallel play! Removes an article of clothing! 36 mos.! Pedals a tricycle! Copies a circle! ! Speaks in 3-word sentences! ! 75% of language is intelligible to a stranger! Brushes teeth with help! 48 mos.! Hops! Copies a square or cross! ! 100% of language is intelligible to a stranger! ! Plays cooperatively with a group! Knows 4 colors! 60 mos.! Skips! Copies a triangle! ! Defines simple words! ! Uses 5-word sentences! Dresses self! AGE GROSS MOTOR FINE MOTOR COMMUNICATION/SOCIAL COGNITIVE/ADAPTIVE!