Child Development Milestones updated

Social Smile

6 weeks

Recognizes mother

2 months

Stranger anxiety, plays peek-a-boo

8-10 months

Drinks from a cup, waves bye bye

12 months

Imitates

14-18 months

Plays interactive games

24 months

Dresses with supervision

4-5years

Preattachment

birth-2months

Attachment in the making

2-6months

Clear cut attachment

6months to end of life

What are the stages of Separation Individuation?

Symbiosis 0-5months
Differentiation 5-10months
Practicing 10-15months
Rapprochement 18-24months
Consolidation and Object constancy 24-36 months

Grasp reflex

0-3months

Swipes hands

2-4months

Transfers hand to hand, pick up cube

4-8months

Rakes cheeres

5-9months

Pincer grasps

9-12months

Open door knob or faucet, stack 6 cubes, uses spoon

2 year

Put block in cup, whole hand crayon

1 year

Draw circle

3.5 year

Stack 8 cubes, draw vertical line

3 year

draw cross

4 year

draw square, buttons

5 year

draw triangle, tie shoes

6 year

draw diamond

7 year

Different cries- baby uses a different ry for different situations

0-3 months

vocal play - gurgling, babbling

4-6months

first words 'mama, doggie'

10 months

combination of four or more words in sentence form

3-4 year

adult like grammer

4-5 year

1-3 words

age 1

200-300 words

age 2

1000+ words

age 3

Sits with support

4 mo-1st year of life

Follows objects to midline

4 mo-1st year of life

Stranger anxiety

6 mo-1st year of life-disappear 12 mo

Separation anxiety

12 mo-1st year of life-disappear 24 mo

Emergence of hand
preference

18 mo(it is age 1)
don't forget age 1 is between 12 and 24 month

Stacks three cubes

18 mo(it is age 1)

Climbs stairs alone

18 mo

1,5 years old baby speak 2 word?
what do you do?

tell parents to relax

Walks backwards

Age 2

Can turn doorknob,
unscrew jar lid

Age 2

Stacks six cubes

Age 2

Stands on tiptoes

Age 2

Imitates mannerisms
and activities
May be aggressive
"No" is favorite word

Age 2

Parallel play

Age 2

Transition objects

Age 2

Telegraphic sentences

Age 2

Two-word sentences

Age 2

Rides tricycle

Age 3

Alternates feet going up stairs

Age 3
Alternates feet going down stairs-->Age 4

Bowel and bladder control
(toilet training)

Age 3

l Unbuttons buttons

Age 3

Cuts paper with scissors

Age 3

Fixed gender identity
Sex-specific play
Understands "taking turns"
Knows sex and full name

Age 3

Complete sentences

Age 3

Can answer, "Tell me what
we wear on our feet?"
"Which block is bigger?

Age 3

Alternates feet going
down stairs

Age 4
Alternates feet going up stairs-->Age 3

Counts fingers on hand

Age 4

Curiosity about sex
(playing doctor)

Age 4

Nightmares and monster
fears

Age 4

Imaginary friends

Age 4

Can tell stories

Age 4

Complete sphincter control

Age 5

Draws recognizable man
with head, body, and limbs

Age 5

Dresses and undresses self

Age 5

Conformity to peers important
Romantic feeling for others
Oedipal phase

Age 5

Asks the meaning of words

Age 5

Tanner stages (pubic hair)
Look for Median ages
1. No hair .................................
2. Small amount, downy .................................
3. Hair coarse and curly .................................
4. Adult-like but not on thigh ...............

Tanner stages (pubic hair)
Look for Median ages
1. No hair ? 10 years
2. Small amount, downy 10 to 11 years
3. Hair coarse and curly 11 to 13 years
4. Adult-like but not on thigh 13 to 14 years
5. Extends to medial thigh > 14 years

Stages of adjustment (Kubler-Ross)

i. Denial
ii. Anger
iii. Bargaining
iv. Depression
v. Acceptance

ABUSE
Clinical signs:

Broken bones in first year of life
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) in young children
92% of injuries are soft tissue injuries (bruises,
burns, lacerations).
Shaken baby syndrome: look for broken blood vessels
in eyes

Children at risk for abuse are

l Younger than 1 year of age
l Stepchildren
l Premature children
l Very active
l "Defective" children

Children who are abused are more likely to:

Be aggressive in the classroom
l Perceive others as hostile
l View aggression as a good way to solve problems
l Have abnormally high rate of withdrawal (girls)
l Be unpopular with school peers and other children;
the friends they do have tend to be younger.

Child Sexual Abuse Risk factors:

Single-parent families
l Marital conflict
l History of physical abuse
l Social isolation