Baby Growth And Their Milestone Checklist
The first year of your child’s life is jam-packed with firsts. Discover which amazing baby milestones your infant will reach and when.
The initial grin, the initial step, the initial word: The majority of parents recall precisely when their child reached these significant milestones. However, before your kid reaches each one, you’re undoubtedly itching to know when to be on the lookout for critical milestones with your camera in hand.
While understanding how babies develop in general is beneficial, you do not need to compulsively check your child’s progress against the baby milestone chart. As long as you keep track of your baby’s well visits, the doctor will. “At each well-child appointment, paediatricians will ask parents about their child’s development and search for particular developmental red flags.
Simply put, this baby milestone checklist provides a summary of your child’s behaviour at various ages—and when you can anticipate crossing off the major milestones. However, each kid is unique, and you may anticipate your baby reaching their picture-perfect milestones at their speed.
Milestones of a One-Month-Old Baby:
Baby’s senses are still developing—and they’ll be hard at work putting them to the test as they attempt to make sense of this strange new environment.
Monthly milestones:
- Takes note of faces
- Recognizes striking patterns, particularly in black and white
- Recognizes your voice’s tone
- Coos and makes sounds other than a plain scream
- Brings hands into proximity to their eyes and lips
- When laying on their stomach, they move their head side to side.
Milestones of a Two-Month-Old Baby:
Keep a careful eye on these two-month-old newborn milestones; if the baby does not meet them, your paediatrician may want to investigate more.
Monthly milestones:
- Begin to grin at others
- They briefly regain their composure (may bring their hands to their mouth to self-soothe)
- Begin following objects with the eyes and recognising individuals from a distance If the activity does not change, becomes fussy and behaves bored
- Keeps their head elevated
- When resting on their belly, begin to push up
- Their limbs and legs move more fluidly
Milestones of a Three Month-Old Baby:
Baby’s emotional capabilities will begin to develop: they may begin to communicate their emotions through various cries and may turn their head away to indicate boredom.
Monthly milestones:
- Can tell your face apart from others’
- Develops distinct screams for various needs—hunger, diaper change, discomfort, etc.
- Turns their head aside to convey boredom
- Their hands are opened and closed
- Swipes in the direction of hanging things
- Their eyes track moving objects.
- Turns their head in the direction of the source of the sound
- Takes pleasure in interacting with others (and may cry when the playing stops)
Milestones of a Four-Month-Old Baby:
How quickly time passes—a baby is no longer classified as a newborn! They’re getting more awake and curious about the world around them right now.
Monthly milestones:
- Giggles and laughs
- Facial expressions are replicated
- With one hand, reaches for a toy
- Maintains a stable, unsupported head
- When they are laying on their stomachs, they are pushed up onto their elbows.
Milestones of a Five-Month-Old Baby:
While the abilities baby is developing now may appear little, they provide the groundwork for larger talents that will appear later on the baby milestone chart—and may help your doctor discover an issue early if something is wrong. “All of the milestones are significant because they build on one another.
Monthly milestones:
- Rolls from stomach to back
- By putting toys in their mouths, they investigate them.
- Babbles
- Enjoys seeing at a mirror
- For brief periods, entertains oneself
Milestones of a Six-Month-Old Baby:
At six months, the baby may be ready to begin achieving some significant developmental milestones—such as mobility! However, even if they do not begin creeping (moving their bellies around) at six months, there is no cause to be concerned.
Monthly milestones:
- Begin moving across the floor
- Transfers the objects from one hand to the other and begin sitting unassisted
- Begin to comprehend simple phrases
- Reacts to their name
Milestones of a Seven-Month-Old Baby:
Baby is developing into a miniature scientist, manipulating the items in their environment to learn about them. This might result in a bothersome habit of dumping the objects on the floor, but it is a sign of your baby’s interest.
Monthly milestones:
- Enjoys tossing the objects on the floor Participates in simple games such as peekaboo
- Responds to “no”
- Discovers items that are partially concealed
Milestones of an Eight-Month-Old Baby:
At this age, you may be particularly concerned about your baby’s increasing mobility—especially if you’re frantically babyproofing to keep your little explorer safe.
Monthly milestones:
- Establishes a pincer grip (using the thumb and index finger)
- Crawls
- Maintains a standing position while clinging to something
Milestones of a Nine-Month-Old Baby:
Your babbling baby may begin experimenting with various tones and noises as they near one of the most significant newborn milestones—talking. However, experts advise parents not to be alarmed if they have not yet heard the long-awaited “mama” or “dada.”
Monthly milestones:
- Perhaps suspicious of strangers and protective with known individuals.
- Possesses favourite toys
- Produces a variety of noises, including “mama mama” and “baba ba baba.”
- Copies others’ noises and motions
- Points with his fingers at the object.
Milestones of a Ten-Month-Old Baby:
If you’re a member of a playgroup, you may notice a range of talents emerge at this age—many infants may still be crawling, but some are beginning to cruise, and a few brave individuals may be on the verge of taking their first steps. And they are all correct.
Monthly milestones:
- Investigates items in novel ways, such as shaking, pounding, and tossing
- Pulls himself to his feet
- Commences cruising (shuffling along while holding onto furniture)
- Self-assists in assuming a seated posture
- Begin self-feeding with finger food, owing to improved hand-eye coordination
Milestones of an Eleven-Month-Old Baby:
Even if the infant has yet to take their first step, do not rush them.
A baby milestone chart is an excellent tool for determining if your kid is progressing toward predicted physical, linguistic, and social milestones. When you want rapid advancement, you risk missing out on the joy of the present.”
Monthly milestones:
- Recognizes the persistence of objects
- Crawls the stairwell (while supervised)
- Produces noises that vary in tone (sounds more like speech)
- Separation anxiety develops
Milestones of a Twelve-Month-Old Baby:
Congratulations! The baby has officially become a toddler. You may look back on all the fantastic things your child has accomplished on the baby milestone chart over the last 12 months—quite it’s a list!
Monthly milestones:
- Responds to straightforward spoken requests and directions
- Utilizes straightforward gestures such as shaking their head “no” or waving “bye-bye”
- Says “mama” and “dada” and makes exclamatory noises such as “uh-oh!”
- When an image or item is named, it is examined to ensure that it is the correct picture or object.
- Begin to utilise objects properly, like drinking from a cup or brushing their hair.
- Possibility of taking a few steps without holding on
- Possibility of standing alone