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Age |
Milestones |
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Birth to 3 months |
- looks at you while being fed
- quiets when hearing familiar voices and sounds
- makes cooing and gurgling sounds
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3 - 6 months |
- turns eyes or head towards sound
- responds to you by making sounds and/or moving arms and legs
- smiles and laughs
- begins to make speech-like sounds - "buh", "ma", "boo"
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6 - 9 months |
- responds to hearing own name
- understands "no"
- looks at some common objects or family members when named
- babble sounds in a series - "bababa", "dadada", "mamama"
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9 - 12 months |
- understands simple requests - "give it to mommy", "don't touch"
- understands simple questions - "Where's the ball?"
- uses gestures or sounds to let you know what he/she wants or needs
- says first word
- begins to play "pat-a-cake" and "peek-a-boo"
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12 - 18 months |
- follows simple spoken directions such as "get the ball"
- points to people, body parts or toys when asked
- uses connected sounds that sound like sentences in a different language (jibberish)
- uses 10 or more words
- uses common expressions - "oh no", "all gone"
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18 - 24 months |
- uses 20 or more words
- combines two or more words, such as "more juice"
- uses many different speech sounds at beginning of words such as p, b, m, t, d, n
- takes turns "talking" back and forth with you
- listens to simple stories, rhymes and songs
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