Birth - 3 Months
- Turns head, lifts chin and by 3 months lifts head
- Large motor movements of arms and legs
- Stares at bright objects and follows them with eyes
- Prefers to gaze at patterns rather than at plain surfaces
- Turns head towards source of sound
- Smiles at faces and at objects that resemble faces
3 - 6 Months
- Discovers feet and hands; fascinated by them
- Grasps objects
- Rolls on to their backs
- Begins to sit with support
- Vision fixates on small objects
- Responds to high-pitched sounds and begins to make own babble sounds
- Recognizes consistent caretakers
6 - 9 Months
- Rolls over back and front with ease
- Sits unaided for brief periods of time
- Recognizes familiar people and likes attention
- Reaches for objects with both hands
- Plays with sounds and responds to noises and to speech
9 - 12 Months
- Picks up objects with thumb and forefinger
- May begin to creep, to crawl; tries to kneel and to stand
- Seeks to understand cause of actions and consequences of such actions
- Plays “peek-a-boo”; begins to understand object permanency (out of sight is not out of mind)
12 Months & up
- Begins to stand, to climb onto furniture and onto stairs
- Favours use of one hand; tries to feed self
- Understands words in context; may use one or two words; responds to own name
- Imitates actions of others; uses gestures to convey language
- Enjoys picture books; plays more with simple toys
- Engages in simple make-believe, imitative play
- Fine motor skills developing
- Becoming more aware of and curious about the world around them
