Developmental milestones( 2 months to one year)

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

TWO MONTHS TO ONE YEAR


 Important Milestones: Your Baby By Two Months

Social and Emotional

 Begins to smile at people.
 Can briefly calm herself (may bring hands to mouth and suck on hand).
 Tries to look at parents.


Language/Communication

 Coos, makes gurgling sounds
 Turns head toward sounds

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

 Pays attention to faces
 Begins to follow things with eyes and recognize people at a distance
 Begins to act bored (cries, fussy) if an activity doesn’t change.
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 Pays attention to faces
 Begins to follow things with eyes and recognize people at a distance
 Begins to act bored (cries, fussy) if an activity doesn’t change.

Movement/Physical Development

 Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy.
 Makes smoother movements with arms and legs.



Act early by talking to your child’s doctor if your child:

 Doesn’t respond to loud sounds
 Doesn’t watch things as they move
 Doesn’t smile at people
 Doesn’t bring hands to mouth
 Can’t hold head up when pushing up when on tummy

,  Important Milestones: Your Baby by Four Months

Social and Emotional

 Smiles spontaneously, especially at people
 Likes to play with people and might cry when playing stops
 Copies some movements and facial expressions, like smiling or
frowning

Language/Communication

 Begins to babble
 Babbles with expression and copies sounds he hears
 Cries in different ways to show hunger, pain, or being tired

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

 Let’s you know if he is happy or sad
 Responds to affection
 Reaches for a toy with one hand
 Uses hands and eyes together, such as seeing a toy and reaching for
it
 Follows moving things with eyes from side to side
 Watches faces closely
 Recognizes familiar people and things at a distance

Movement/Physical Development

 Holds head steady, unsupported
 Pushes down on legs when feet are on a hard surface
 May be able to roll over from tummy to back
 Can hold a toy and shake it and swing at dangling toys
 Brings hands to mouth
 When lying on stomach, pushes up to elbows


Act early by talking to your child’s doctor if your child:

 Doesn’t watch things as they move
 Doesn’t smile at people
 Can’t hold head steady
 Doesn’t coo or make sounds
 Doesn’t bring things to mouth
 Doesn’t push down with legs when feet are placed on a hard surface
 Has trouble moving one or both eyes in all directions