Developmental milestones in children are broadly divided into 4 categories : Gross motor, fine motor, language and social
1. Gross Motor : like sitting ,standing etc...
- 3 months – Head holding
- 5 months – Sitting with support ( either of floor or of the thighs)
- 6 months – Rolling over starts ( first prone to supine then supine to prone)
- 8 months – Sitting without support (Can turn head and shoulders without falling)
- 9 months – Crawling
- 11 months – Standing with support
- 12 months - Walks independently
- 18 months – Runs well
- 2 years – Climbs upstairs and downstairs two feet per step
- 3 years – Rides a tricycle
- - Climbs upstairs with one foot per step
- 4 years – Hopping ( jumping on single foot)
- - Downstairs with one foot per step
- 5 years – Skipping ( jumping on both feet)
2. Fine motor : like feeding , writing etc
- Birth - Grasp reflex present
- 3 months – Grasp reflex absent
- 5 months – Bidextrous approach ( both hands brought forward when offered any object)
- 6 months – Drops one object when offered another
- 7 months – Transfer of objects (unidextrous approach)
- 9 to 10 months – Pincer grasp (Can pick up small objects using index finger and thumb)
- 13 months – Throws the objects
- 15 months – Feeds with spoon with slight spilling
- 18 months – Feeds with cup with slight spilling
- Can scribble with pen
- Makes a tower of 3 cubes
- 2 years – Can draw vertical strokes
- Can turn 1 page of book at a time
- Makes a tower of 6 cubes
- 3 years – Can draw circle
- Makes a tower of 9 cubes
- 4 years – Can draw ‘+’ and square
- 5 years – Can draw ‘X’ and triangle
3. Language :·
. 3 months – Cooing ( makes cooing sound ).
· 6 months – Monosyllables babbling like ba-ba-ba-ba…
· 9 months – Bi syllables. Eg .Ba-ba , Da-da etc.
· 1 year – Speaks 2 or 3 words with meaning .
· 18 months – Can speak around 10 words with meaning .
· 2 years – Can form simple sentence.
· 3 years – Can tell his name and gender·
. 4 years – Can tell story / poem.
· 5 years – Can identify 4 colors .
4 . Social milestones :
· 2 months : Social smile ( smiles when someone interacts ) ·
. 3 months : Recognizes mother.
· 7 months : Stranger anxiety .
-Baby enjoys mirror image .
· 9 months : Waves bye-bye , Claps.
· 1 year : Waves head in ‘NO’ response.
· 15 months : Hugs the parents.
· 18 months : Kisses the parents .
· 2 years : Dry by day (tells parents about urine and stools , but wets the bed at night).
· 3 years : Dry by night .
· 4 years : Goes to toilet alone .
· 5 years : Dresses and undresses without the help of anyone.