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Developmental Milestone Table
Age Gross Motor Visual/ Fine Language Social
Motor
1 month Prone, lifts head Hands usually Soothes to voice Regards face
fisted; stares
at objects
3 months Supports chest Grasps placed Coos Smiles easily,
in prone position rattle; follows laughs spontaneously
slow moving
objects with eyes
6 months Rolls and sits well, Reaches and Babbles, Fear of
without support grasps, transfers plays strangers,
hand to hand peek-a-boo smiles at self
in mirror
12 months Walks alone Plncer grasp of Says "mama" Shy, but plays
raisin "dada" + 2 games, gives
other words affection
18 months Walks up steps Stacks 3 blocks Points to Helps with simple
manages spoon named body tasks, imitates
parts, follows
simple command
24 months Alternates feet Stacks 6 cubes 50-word Washes/dries
helps get dressed on stairs, kicks turns book pages larger vocabulary
ball follows 2-steps
commands
30 months Jumps with Holds pencil in Uses pronouns Plays tag, asserts
both feet hand, not fist I, you, me personality
correctly, says
full name
36 months Balances on 1 foot Builds block bridge Recognizes 3 Plays with kids,
buttons colors takes turns
Source: Adapted from Harriet Lane, Manual of Pediatrics, 13th ed., 1993