At Three Months:

At Six Months:

At Nine Months:

• turn their heads
• move both eyes in the same direction
• recognize bottle or breast
• react to sudden sounds or voices
• make cooing sounds
• make fists with both hands
• grasp toys or hair
• wiggle and kick with arms and legs
• lift head and chest when on stomach
• smile

• follow moving objects with their eyes
• turn toward the source of sound
• reach for objects and pick them up
• switch toys from one hand to the other
• play with their toes
• help hold the bottle during feeding
• recognize familiar faces
• babble

• sit without support
• pull to standing
• crawl
• drink from a cup
• play peek-a-boo and patty cake
• wave bye-bye
• hold out their arms and legs while being dressed
• put objects in a container
• stack two blocks
• know five or six words

At One Year of Age:

At Two Years of Age:

At Three Years of Age:

• like to pull, push and dump things
• follow simple directions
• pull off shoes and socks
• like to look at pictures
• feed themselves
• make marks on paper with crayons
• walk without help
• step off a low object and keep balance

• use two-to-three-word sentences
• say names of toys
• recognize familiar pictures
• carry something while walking
• feed themselves with a spoon
• play independently
• turn 2-3 pages at a time
• like to imitate their parent
• identify body parts
• build a tower of four
• show affection

• walk up steps (alternating feet)
• ride a tricycle
• put on their shoes
• open door
• turn one page at a time
• play with other children for a few minutes
• repeat common rhymes
• use three-to-five-word sentences
• name at least one color correctly
• are toilet trained