Developmental Milestones
In Infants

One Month!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Lifts head and turns it from one side to the other when placed on stomach
Focuses on objects from about 10 inches to up to three feet away
Reacts to parents voice

Emotional Development
●
●

Interest sadness Social Development
●
●

Coos and babbles
May cry a lot, but quiets down at sight of caregiver face or sound of voice, or when lifted or touched

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Makes eye contact
Prefers faces to objects
Gains informations through the senses

Two Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Makes sounds such as “ohh” “ahh”
Watches objects move about 6 inches away from the face
Responds to more sounds and different pitches of voice

Emotional Development
●
●

Interest
Sadness

Social Development
●
●
●

Begins to smile and show excitement may like to be tickled
Can tell a smile from a frown

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Makes eye contact prefers faces to objects gains informations through the senses

Three Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Swipes at objects
Brings hands together
Opens and closes hands

Emotional Development
●
●

Interest
Sadness

Social Development
●
●
●

Begins to smile and show excitement
May like to be tickled
Can tell a smile from a frown

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Babbles
Can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar faces
Makes vowel-consonant combinations

Four Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Grasps rattle
Puts hands in mouth
May begin to use vowels and consonants in babbling

Emotional Development
●
●

Joy
Disgust

Social Development
●
●
●

Turns to sounds of familiar voices
Laughs squeals babbles
May cry when left alone

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Gurgles
Can tell a smile from a frown
Voices excitement and displeasure

Five Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Reaches out to grab toys
Turns head in direction of sound
Knows positive speech from unhappy speech Emotional Development
●
●

Joy
Disgust

Social Development
●
●
●

Turns to sounds of familiar voices
Laughs squeals babbles
May cry when left alone

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Studies objects carefully
Recognizes own name
Recognizes basic sounds of native language Six Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

May begin creeping
Passes a block from one hand to the other Puts objects to mouth with hand

Emotional Development
●
●

Joy
Disgust

Social Development
●
●
●

Turns to sounds of familiar voices
Laughs squeals babbles
May cry when left alone

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Babbling sounds more like speech with different sounds such as p,b, and m
Is alert for longer periods of time, up to two hours
Distinguishes between friendly and angry voices Seven Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Stands with assistance
Grabs for objects with a raking motion
Sits up steadily

Emotional Development
●
●

Joy
Disgust

Social Development
●
●
●

Enjoys other children
Tries to imitate sound made by adults
Plays alone and plays longer with other people and toys

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

imitates the action of others
Recognizes some words
Babbling imitates speech inflections

Eight Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Pulls self up to standing
Bang block together
Looks at objects with substances attention Emotional Development
●
●

Joy
Disgust

Social Development
●
●
●

Enjoys other children
Tries to imitate sound made by adults
Plays alone and plays longer with other people and toys

Intellectual Development
●
●
●

Uses speech to get attention
Begins to understand cause and effects
Sorts objects by size

Nine Months!
Physical Development
●
●
●

Uses index finger to poke
Puts objects in containers
Notices small objects

Emotional