Developmental milestones

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Discover the essential baby development milestones from birth to 12 months. Track your baby's progress and celebrate each milestone.

Learn the Basics of How Your Baby Communicates & Ways You Can Encourage Their Communication Development, and Signs of Communication Delays in Children.

Toddler Developmental Milestones

The Inspired Treehouse - Learn about some common developmental red flags for infants that we use to identify developmental delays and other problems.

3 Years Old – What most Preschoolers do at this age: Social and Emotional • Copies adults and friends • [...]

Your 18 to 24-month old baby is growing and learning new skills quickly. He is likely knows the meaning of simple objects, names items in a book, understands simple verbs. The following developmental milestone chart will give you an idea of what do expect during the next few months. The project above was completed by Master of Occupational Therapy students at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and posted with permission.

Lack of body awareness, Difficulties with balance, frequent falls are some signs of gross motor delays. Early intervention by parents and therapists helps.

Each curriculum should develop each child's milestones. They are as follows: social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive.

Play is more than you think. See how to use play to meet milestones based on your baby's age plus tips to make the most of play.