Infant Development***Child:___________
2 Months
5 Months
____ Begins to smile & will respond to smiles
____ Sit with support for up to 30 minutes
____ Look at hands
____ Roll from back to stomach
____ Begin to control head movements
____ Use hands to put food into mouth
____ Hold rattle briefly
____ Begin signs of teething, drooling, chewing
____ Squeal, coo, and laugh
____ Make sounds such as : B, M, D, L, AH, EE, OO
____ Glance from one thing to another
____ Love reflections in mirror
____ Lift head when lying on stomach
____ Bounce when held in standing position
____ Roll from side to back
6 Months
3 Months
____ Sit unsupported for a short time
____ Raise up on forearms
____ Grab & play with feet
____ Bring objects to mouth
____ Drink from a cup with assistance
____ Sit Supported
____ Imitate some sounds you make
____ Turn head toward voices or sounds
____ Drop things on purpose
____ Explore own body parts (esp. hands / feet)
____ Roll over onto stomach
____ Begin to reach with accuracy
____ Use simple sounds like: BA, MA, DA, PA, GA
4 Months
7 Months
____ Begin to drool
____Use fingers to pickup objects
____ Begin to swallow solids
____ Rock when on hands & knees
____ Turn from back to side
____ Adopt attachment to special item
____ Follow moving objects with eyes
____ Assume a sitting position
____ Hold head erect
____ Pull up to a standing position
____ Gurgle, coo, laugh, cry, & babble
____ Hold 2 small things, one in each hand
____ Experience stranger anxiety
____Pick up items and puts in mouth
Infant Development***Child:___________
8 Months
11 Months
____ Respond to name or greeting
____ Lift lids off of container to explore
____ Babble as if speaking a sentence
____ Drop and Pick up objects
____ Hold a bottle to drink
____ Stand without help
____ Scoot or creep along floor
____ Babble long sounds that may contain words
____ Have a great pleasure exploring own body
____ Attempt to roll / throw a ball back to someone
____ Love to make noise with objects
____ Use simple words: Ball, Doggie, Mama
____ Pick up small things w/ thumb & index fingers
12 Months
9 Months
____Walk with legs wide apart
____ Often starts to crawl
____ Prefer to crawl
____ Respond to few simple directions / requests
____ Stand up from a squatting position
____ Stand when hand is held
____ Use a spoon but not consistently
____ Drink from a cup
____ Cooperate with getting dressed
____ Shriek to get attention
____ Prefer to feed self
____ Babble, talk, imitate speech sounds
____ Begin to scribble
____ Sit without support
____ Fit one thing into another
10 Months
____Cruise around furniture in standing position
Y = YES
____ Begin to understand simple words, directives
S = SOMETIMES
____ Be afraid of loud noises
____ Start to make gestures (bye-bye wave)
____ Use DA-DA and MA-MA appropriately
____ Climb on chairs
____ Look at pictures in a book
____ Place objects in a container & dump out
N = NOT YET