Developmental Milestones by Age
Track Your Child's Progress With These Developmental Milestones by Age
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Watching your baby grow and develop is thrilling, awe-inspiring, and — let's be real — a little stressful. As a parent, you just want to do a good job raising your precious baby, but conflicting information from books and TV (plus your annoying great aunt's penchant for judgment) could leave even the most zen parents feeling a little crazed. That's why we did our research and created a no-frills list of developmental stages backed by the CDC. Use this as a road map to track the exciting changes your baby undergoes, and, as always, reach out to your trusted pediatrician if you have questions about childhood development.
1 2 Months
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Important milestones:
- Begins smiling at people
- Turns their head toward sounds
- Coos and makes other similar sounds
- Pays attention to specific faces
- Can lift up their head
- Begins pushing up when lying on their belly
2 4 Months
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3 6 Months
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4 9 Months
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Important milestones:
- Stands while holding on
- Sits without support
- Can play peekaboo
- Uses finger to point at things
- Understands "no"
- Watches the path of different things as they fall
- Places things in mouth
5 18 Months
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6 2 Years
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Important milestones:
- Can make copies of circles and straight lines
- Able to throw a ball overhead
- Begins running
- Can stand on tiptoes
- Able to sort colors and shapes
- Repeats certain words that are overheard
- Understands names of body parts and some people
- Gets excited when with other children
- Shows defiant behavior
7 3 Years
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8 4 Years
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Important milestones:
- Hops and stands on one foot for up to two seconds
- Can catch a ball that's bouncing
- Begins understanding time
- Able to draw a person with some body parts
- Begins copying capital letters
- Likes trying new things
- Talks about interests and likes
- Able to tell stories
9 5 Years
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10 6-8 Years
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