Baby Milestones 1 Month To 12 Months

Baby Milestones 1 Month To 12 Months is a brief summary of the key developmental changes from one month to one year of age.

1 Month:

• Responding to sounds and voices
• Smiling
• Following objects with eyes
• Bringing hands to mouth
• Recognizing faces

2 Months:

• Laughing
• Cooing and gurgling
• Holding head up when on tummy
• Reaching for objects
• Grasping firmly

3 Months:

• Rolling over
• Recognizing familiar things and people
• Picking up objects and transferring them
• Bringing objects to mouth to explore
• Starting to babble more

4 Months:

• Sitting with support
• Grasping objects intentionally
• Making vowel sounds
• Enjoying playing peek-a-boo
• Recognizing their own name

5 Months:

• Rolling over both ways
• Sitting for short periods without support
• Reaching for distant objects
• Babbling with consonant sounds
• Putting objects in and out of containers

6 Months:

• Sitting steadily without support
• Pulling to stand with support
• Transferring objects between hands
• Babbling with more complex sounds
• Responding to their own name and familiar words

7 Months:

• Crawling
• Pulling themselves up to stand
• Picking up small objects with thumb and index finger
• Understanding "no"
• Saying their first words (mama, dada)

8 Months:

• Standing with support for longer periods
• Cruising along furniture
• Picking up even smaller objects
• Saying 2-3 words
• Understanding simple commands

9 Months:

• Standing briefly without support
• Crawling quickly and efficiently
• Picking up objects with one hand
• Saying 4-6 words
• Following simple instructions

10 Months:

• Taking first steps with support
• Picking up even tinier objects
• Pointing to objects and pictures
• Saying 7-10 words
• Understanding simple questions

11 Months:

• Walking with assistance
• Climbing stairs with help
• Scribbling with crayons
• Saying 10-15 words
• Using gestures like waving and clapping

12 Months:

• Walking independently
• Standing on tiptoes
• Building towers with blocks
• Saying 20-30 words
• Following two-step instructions