Nursing 446: Pediatric Development

2 month old social/language development milestones

Responsive smile

Eye contact

2 month old fine motor development milestones

Voluntary grasp

3 month old gross motor development milestones

Head turning

2 month old red flag in development

Rolling over

Poor eye contact

Not alert to parents

Stiffens when approached

Hard to console

4 month old social/language development milestones

Laughing

Cooing (oohs, aahs)

4 month old fine motor development milestones

Grasps objects

4 month old gross motor development milestones

Head control (head lag resolves)

Turning head to sound

Newborn reflexes have resolved

4 month old red flag in development

Persistent fisting

Not cooing

6 month old social/language development milestones

Plays peek-a-boo

Babbles

6 month old fine motor development milestones

Raking grasp

Transfers objects across the midline

Bangs objects on surfaces

6 month old gross motor development milestones

Rolling back and forth

6 month old red flags in development

Newborn reflexes remain

Head lag still present

8 month old gross motor development milestones

Sits without support

9 month old social/language development milestones

Stranger anxiety

Nonspecific "mama' or "dada"

9 month old fine motor development milestones

Pincer grasp

Picks up food to eat

9 month old red flags in development

Cannot sit without support

No consonants

Not playing peek-a-boo

10 month old gross motor development milestones

Crawls

Cruises

12 month old social/language development milestones

Says at least 1 word (other than mama, dada)

12 month old gross motor development milestones

Stands alone

Takes first steps

15 month old fine motor development milestones

Makes marks with a crayon

Stacks 2 blocks

15 month old gross motor development milestones

Running

Squatting

15 month old red flags in development

Not walking

18 month old fine motor development milestones

Stacks 3-4 blocks

18 month old gross motor development milestones

Throws a ball overhead

Walk up stairs with one hand assist

24 month old social/language development milestones

Says 2-word sentences (up please)

Stranger anxiety resolves

24 month old fine motor development milestones

Feeds self with spoon and cup

Turns pages in books one at a time

Copies a circle and cross

Takes off one item of clothing

24 month old gross motor development milestones

Kicks ball

Jumps in place

3 year old social/language development milestones

Says 3-word sentences (I like you)

Interactive, imaginative play

3 year old fine motor development milestones

Stacks 7-8 blocks

Hand dominance

Draws a person with a head and 1 body part

3 year old gross motor development milestones

Rides a tricycle

Jumps forward

4 year old social/language development milestones

Says 4-word sentences

4 year old fine motor development milestones

Uses scissors

Brushes teeth

Dresses and undresses with some help

Draws a person with at least 3 other body parts

4 year old gross motor development milestones

Skips on 1 foot

Alternates feet on stairs

5 year old social/language development milestones

Says 5-word sentences

Can count to 10

Names 4 or more colors

5 year old fine motor development milestones

Draws a person with at least 6 body parts

Prints some letters/numbers

Able to copy squares and triangles

Motor milestones red flags

Hand dominance prior to 18 months

Asymmetry of movements at any age