Developmental Milestones Checklist
- Turn their head toward bright colors and lights
- Move eyes in the same direction together
- Cries differently when tired, hungry or in pain
- Recognize the bottle or breast
- Become quiet in response to sounds (especially to speech)
- Make fists with both hands
- Grasp rattles or hair
- Wiggle and kick with arms and legs
- Lift head and chest when on belly
- Smile or coos in response to person’s smile or voice
- Follow moving objects with their eyes
- Turn toward the source of normal sound
- Reach for objects and pick them up
- Switch toys from one hand to the other
- Play with their toes
- Help hold the bottle during feeding
- Recognize familiar faces
- Imitate speech sounds
- Respond to soft sounds, especially talking
- Roll over
- Enjoy peek-a-boo and patty cake
- Have different vocalizations for different states
- Imitate familiar sounds and actions
- Cry when parent leaves room
- Reach to request object
- Babbling (“bababa”, “mama-mama”),lots of sounds that take on sounds of words
- Attract attention (such as vocalizing, coughing)
- Crawl on hands and knees
- Shake head “no”, pushes away undesired objects
- Pull to a standing position
- Drink from a cup
- Wave bye-bye
- Hold out arms and legs while being dressed
- Walk with help
- Indicate requests clearly through actions
- Put objects into a container
- Have a 5-6 word vocabulary
- Use 8-10 words
- Walk without help
- Understand that an adult can do things for him/her
- Lie to pull, push and dump things
- Follow simple direction (“bring me the ball”)
- Pull off socks, shoes and mittens
- Acknowledge people by eye contact and/or vocal response
- Like to look at pictures
- Feed self
- Make marks on paper with crayons
- Step off low object and keeps balance
- Use 2 – 3 word sentences
- Have at least 50 words
- Say names of toys
- Recognize familiar pictures
- Carry an object while walking
- Feed self with spoon
- Play alone and independently
- Turn 2-3 pages in a book at a time
- Like to imitate parents
- Identify hair, eyes, ears, and nose by pointing
- Build a tower of four blocks
- Show affection
- Stand from stooping
- Complete simple puzzles
- Kick ball
- Express affection openly and have a wide range of emotions
- Make mechanical toys work; play make-believe
- Sort objects by shape and color, match objects to pictures
- Follow a 2- or 3-part command; use simple phrases to communicate with others, such as “go outside, swing?”
- Use pronouns (I, you, me) and some plurals (cars, dogs)