MOVEMENT
- Gets to sitting position without assistance (8-10 mos.)
- Crawls forward on belly
- Assumes hand and knee position
- Creeps on hands and knees
- Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position (10-12 mos.)
- Pulls self-up to standing position
- Walks holding on to furniture
- Stands momentarily without support
- May walk two or three steps without support
HAND AND FINGER SKILLS
- Uses pincer grasp (grasp using thumb and index finger) (7-10 mos.)
- Bangs two one-inch cubes together
- Puts objects into container (10-12 mos.)
- Takes objects out of container (10-12 mos.)
- Pokes with index finger
- Tries to imitate scribbling
COGNITIVE
- Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping) (8-10 mos.)
- Finds hidden objects easily (10-12 mos.)
- Looks at correct picture when image is named
- Imitates gestures (9-12 mos.)
LANGUAGE MILESTONES
- Responds to simple verbal requests
- Responds to “no”
- Makes simple gestures such as shaking head for no
- Babbles with inflection (8-10 mos.)
- Babbles “dada” and “mama” (8-10 mos.)
- Says “dada” and “mama” for specific person (11-12 mos.)
- Uses exclamations such as “oh-oh”
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
- Shy or anxious with strangers (8-12 mos.)
- Cries when mother or father leaves (8-12 mos.)
- Enjoys imitating people in his play (10-12 mos.)
- Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys (8-12 mos.)
- Prefers mother and/or regular care provider over all others (8-12 mos.)
- Repeats sounds or gestures for attention (10-12 mos.)
- Finger-feeds himself (8-12 mos.)
- Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed
DEVELOPMENTAL RED FLAGS (8 TO 12 MONTHS)
- Does not crawl
- Drags one side of body while crawling (for over one month)
- Cannot stand when supported
- Does not search for objects that are hidden (10-12 mos.)
- Says no single words (“mama” or “dada”)
- Does not learn to use gestures such as waving or shaking head
- Does not sit steadily by 10 months
- Does not show interest in “peek-a-boo” or “patty cake” by 8 mos.
- Does not babble by 8 mos. (“dada,” “baba,” “mama”)
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