- At 3 months old your baby should:
- Turn toward bright colors and lights
- Reach for and grasp toys or hair
- Smile back at parents or other family members
- Make sounds, like gurgling, cooing, or babbling
- At 6 months old your baby should:
- Turn toward voices
- Reach for toys and pick them up
- Roll over front-to-back and back-to-front
- Babble, squeal, and repeat vowel sounds, like ooh, -ae, -e
- At 9 months old your baby should:
- Copy sounds or gestures
- Move toys from one hand to the other hand
- Sit unassisted
- Understand the word "no"
- At 12 months old your baby should:
- Look for an object you hide from him/her, even if he/she can't see it
- Walk by holding on to furniture
- Say one or two words
- Drink from a cup with your help
- At 15 months old your baby should:
- Hold a crayon in a fist
- Point to pictures you name, if the things in the picture are familiar to the baby
- Walk alone without help
- Hand toys to you when you ask
- At 18 months old your baby should:
- Feed himself/herself sometimes
- Step off low objects and keep balance
- Name an object
- Like to pull and push things
- At 24 months old your baby should:
- Use 2 or 3 words together, like "No, Mommy" or "More cookies"
- Feed himself/herself with a spoon
- Run short distances without falling
- Say names of toys and people
- At 3 years old your baby should:
- Walk up steps alternating feet
- Puts clothes on without help
- Repeat simple rhymes and songs
- Name at least one color correctly
If you have concersn about any of these milestones or just wonder if your child may be delayed, please contact BAY to BAY ECI PROGRAM.
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