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Child Development Milestones Explained

The document outlines developmental milestones for children from 2 months to 5 years, including social smiles, responding to names, and separation anxiety. Key milestones include laughing at 6 months, walking by 12 months, and speaking first words by 15 months. It also mentions that by age 3, children can spend part of the day away from their mother and by age 4, they can tell detailed stories.

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Child Development Milestones Explained

The document outlines developmental milestones for children from 2 months to 5 years, including social smiles, responding to names, and separation anxiety. Key milestones include laughing at 6 months, walking by 12 months, and speaking first words by 15 months. It also mentions that by age 3, children can spend part of the day away from their mother and by age 4, they can tell detailed stories.

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Turn to voice?

4 months
Respond to name? 9 months
Responds to name at nine months

a social
smile?

2
months

A
galacto
kinase
deficien
cy may
present
as a
failure
to track
objects
or
develop
a social
smile

Laughing and squealing = 6 months

separation
Sits at
anxiety?

9 months
Six
raking grasp?
Stranger anxiety starts around 6 months, but peaks at 9
, and resolves spontaneously by 2 years of age
months
9 months
- This is an pass objects from
overwhelmi hand to hand
ng fear of
separation
from home Hold objects with
or
all fingers except
attachment
figure ≥ 4
thumb
weeks;
have
already
developed
a social
smile and
stranger pull to stand?

anxiety 9 - 12 months

- Normal
behavior
- "U-nine-ted we stand, divided we fall"
up to age - By 12 months, the baby is able to lift their head up, roll and sit, crawl, and finally stand up
3-4
stand
unassisted

and walk
while
holding
objects for
support

First words other than mama and dada = 15 months

- Two-words (papa/mama + one other word)


- This card used to say 12 months, but AMBOSS + UWorld confirm it's 15 months (Dec 2023)

point to objects?

15 months

By the end of infancy


an infant can
recognize, realize the
permanence of, and
point to objects using
1 of their 5 fingers (15
months)

Eighteen
months =
Easily walks

climb stairs?

2 years
feed themselves with a spoon?

24 months (2 years)

toddler
move They have already taken their first steps (9 - 12
away mo), climbed stairs (18 mo), and now feeding self sTairs at Two years
with fork and spoon (24 mo)
from and
return to
their
mother
(rapproche
ment)?

24
months (2
years)

- The
toddler
runs away
and
reapproac
hes
mother at
age 2

- Away
and 2 their
mother

preschooler
comfortably
understanding of the concept of
spend part of the
gender?
day away from
their mother? 3 years

3 years

- By 5-6 have a sense of the


permanency of gender
How many words can a 3 - 4 year old
typically say?
- However it is developmentally
Thus if they have
normal for them to explore the world
problems doing this by engaging in activities associated 1000 (in complete sentences)
after 3-4 years, they with opposite gender
have separation
anxiety disorder
Can tell detailed stories by 4 years
(legends!)

Most children aren't able to tie shoelaces until around age 5


"Laces" = 5 letters

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