Milestones
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 2 months - ANSWERSinstinctual smile
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 3 months - ANSWERSSocial Smile
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 4 months - ANSWERSlaughs
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 4-6 months - ANSWERSexhibit stranger anxiety
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 7-9 months - ANSWERSimitates expression of others, enjoys
peek a boo
Infant- Social/ Emotional Milestone 10-12 months - ANSWERSClaps hands, waves bye bye
Infant- Language/Cognition 3 months - ANSWERSbegins to babble, turn to rattling noise, notices
own hands
Infant- Language/Cognition 4 months - ANSWERSlaughs
Infant- Language/Cognition 6 months - ANSWERScontinuous babbling, babbles in response to
sounds as in conversation
Infant- Language/Cognition 7-9 months - ANSWERSunderstands cause and effect ( throws rattle
on the ground and you have to pick it back up)
, Infant- Language/Cognition 10-12 months - ANSWERSpoints to objects when named: says mama
and dad says 5 words, understands many more
Infant Physical and Motor 2 months - ANSWERSlift head, follows to midline posterior fontanel
closes
Infant Physical and Motor 3 months - ANSWERSeyes can track objects 180 degrees, raises head
and neck when lying on stomach, notices own hands
Infant Physical and Motor 4 months - ANSWERSrakes objects, graps rattle, begins to roll over
( first stomach to back)
Infant Physical and Motor 5-6 months - ANSWERSrolls over from back to front, transfers objects
form hand to hand, reaches, pushes up on knees and hands and rocks back and forth, SITS WITH
SUPPORT
Infant Physical and Motor 8 months - ANSWERSSits without support
Infant Physical and Motor 9 months - ANSWERSdevelops pincer grasp, feeds self bottle or
cheerios, crawls, stands holding on
Infant Physical and Motor 10-12 months - ANSWERSclaps hands, waves bye bye, pulls self up to
a stand, cruises, walks with support, may take first steps
12-16 months start to walk
always stimulate the milestone suggestion first