Children: Normal Developmental Milestones

Lifts chin up

4 weeks

Notices sudden constant sounds (e.g. vacuum cleaner)

4 to 5 weeks

Social smile

6 weeks

Smiles readily

2 months

Follows moving person with eyes

2 months

Laughs

3 months

Recognises mother

3 months

Reponds to loud noise

3 months

Grasps and plays with rattle

3 to 4 months

Turns to voice

3 to 4 months

Lifts head

3 to 4 months

Rolls over (prone to supine)

4 months

Sits with support

4 to 6 months

Rolls (supine to prone)

5 months

Transfers objects from hand to hand

5 to 8 months

Feeds self biscuit/rusk

6 to 8 months

Laughs, squeals and chuckles

6 to 8 months

Sits without support

6 to 9 months

Stands holding on

6 to 10 months

Crawls

7 to 9 months

Anxious with strangers

8 to 9 months

Waves goodbye

8 to 12 months

Pulls up to stand

9 to 10 months

Understands ‘no’

9 to 10 months

Cruises

10 to 11 months

Finger feeds

10 to 12 months

Says mama/dada (appropriate)

10 to 18 months

Walks alone or with one hand held

10 to 15 months

First word

11 to 12 months