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Milestone Charts:
What to Expect From Your Newborn to 36-Months-Old
Child's Age Mastered Skills
(most children can
do)
Emerging Skills
(half of children can
do)
Advanced Skills
(a few children can
do)
1 month • Lifts head
• Responds to sound
• Stares at faces
• Follows objects
• Ooohs and ahhs
• Can see black-and-white
patterns
• Smiles
• Laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree
angle
2 months
• Vocalizes sounds —
gurgling and cooing
• Follows objects
• Holds head up for short
periods
• Smiles, laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree
angle
• Movements become
smoother
• Holds head steady
• Bears weight on legs
• May lift head and
shoulder (mini-pushup)
3 months
• Laughs
• Holds head steady
• Recognizes your face and
scent
• Squeals, gurgles, coos
• Recognizes your voice
• Does mini-pushups
• Turns toward loud sounds
• Can bring hands together
and may bat at toys
• Can roll over
4 months
• Holds head up steadily
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
• Can grasp a toy
• Reaches out for objects
• Can roll over
• Imitates speech sounds —
“baba, dada”
• May cut first tooth
• May be ready for solids
5 months
• Can distinguish between
bold colors
• Can roll over
• Amuses himself by playing
with hands and feet
• Turns toward new sounds
• Recognizes own name
• May sit momentarily
without support
• Mouths objects
• Stranger anxiety may
begin
6 months
• Turns toward sounds and
voices
• Imitates sounds, blows
bubbles
• Rolls in both directions
• Reaches for objects and
mouths them
• Sits without support
• Is ready for solids
• May lunge forward or
start crawling
• May jabber or combine
syllables
• May drag object toward
himself
7 months
• Sits without support
• Reaches for things with a
sweeping motion
• Imitates speech sounds
(babbles)
• Combines syllables into
word-like sounds
• Begins to crawl or lunges
forward
• Stands while holding onto
something
• Waves goodbye
• Bangs objects together
8 months
• Says "dada" and "mama" to
both parents (isn't specific)
• Stands while holding onto
something
• Pulls self to standing
position, cruises
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