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Developmental Milestones

Listed below are skills that typically occur during each age range given. Remember that these are just general guidelines; all children develop differently. If you feel your child is not growing or learning like other children of the same age, please contact the MOST Office! (List compliments of Long Island Infant Developmental Program.)


By the age of...

0 - 6 months, most children...

  • follow objects visually and reach for them
  • roll over
  • babble

6 - 12 months, most children...

  • sit alone, creep, crawl
  • respond to own name
  • hold own bottle

12 - 18 months, most children...

  • walk alone a few steps
  • use single words
  • drink from a cup

18 - 24 months, most children...

  • walk well; run
  • use many words to name familiar objects/people
  • eat with a spoon

24 - 30 months, most children...

  • point to 4-5 body parts
  • use short sentences
  • help in dressing

30 - 36 months, most children...

  • play cooperatively with other children
  • walk up and down stairs
  • say first and last name

In addition to the milestones chart above, we have included several other sites and tools that offer information on developmental milestones:

 

Long Island Infant Developmental Program (LIIDP) provides services at no out-of-pocket cost to the family, with approval and funding from the Nassau and Suffolk County Departments of Health and the NYS Education Department.

Long Island Infant
Developmental
Program
http://www.liidp.org

Updated 10/12/07

 
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