Child Development

  • Conception

    Conception
  • 28 weeks - Brain begins to mature; fetus resembles a sleeping newborn

    28 weeks - Brain begins to mature; fetus resembles a sleeping newborn
  • Birth

    Birth
  • 6 months - begins babbling; can support weight on legs and bounces

    6 months - begins babbling; can support weight on legs and bounces
  • 1 Year - begins to walk and tries to imitate language

    1 Year - begins to walk and tries to imitate language
  • 18 Months - Can follow one step commands and may become clingy

    18 Months - Can follow one step commands and may become clingy
  • 2 Years - starts to show defiant behavior and begins to say sentences

    2 Years - starts to show defiant behavior and begins to say sentences
  • 3 Years - can dress and undress themselves and can carry on a conversation

    3 Years - can dress and undress themselves and can carry on a conversation
  • 5 Years - Knows about everyday things like money and food, and can draw a person with 6 or more body parts

    5 Years - Knows about everyday things like money and food, and can draw a person with 6 or more body parts
  • 8 Years - Begin to lose baby teeth and enjoy being around their friends

    8 Years - Begin to lose baby teeth and enjoy being around their friends
  • 12 Years - Puberty begins for boys and girls and they enjoy making decisions for themselves

    12 Years - Puberty begins for boys and girls and they enjoy making decisions for themselves
  • 14 Years - Show more concern about what other people think, moodiness

  • 16 Years

    Show more independence, and show interest to develop more intimate relationships