Child Development Timeline

  • 2 Months

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    Social and Emotional
    -Can briefly calm self (may bring hands to mouth and suck on hand)
  • Language/Communication

    Language/Communication
    -Turns head toward sounds
  • Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

    Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)
    -Pays attention to faces
  • Movement/Physical Development

    Movement/Physical Development
    -Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy
  • 4 Months

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    -Copies some movements and facial expressions, like smiling or frowning
  • Language/Communication

    Language/Communication
    -Cries in different ways to show hunger, pain, or being tired No image available for this milestone
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    -Reaches for toy with one hand
  • Movement/Physical Development

    Movement/Physical Development
    -Holds head steady, unsupported
  • 6 Months

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    -Likes to play with others, especially parents
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    -Brings things to mouth
  • Movement/Physical Development

    Movement/Physical Development
    • Brings to sit up without support
  • Language/Communication

    Language/Communication
    -Responds to own name
  • 9 Months

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    • May respond negatively towards strangers
  • Language/Communication

    Language/Communication
    -Understands the word "NO"
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    -Picks up things like cereal o’s between thumb and index finger
  • Movement/Physical Development

    Movement/Physical Development
    -Standing while holding onto parents hands
  • 1 Year

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    • Cries when Parents Leave
  • Language/Communcation

    Language/Communcation
    • Tries to say/Respond to your requests
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    -Bangs two objects together to make a noise
  • Movement/Physical Development

    Movement/Physical Development
    • Stands on own
  • 2 Year

  • Social and Emotional

    Social and Emotional
    -Gets excited to play and be with other children
  • Language/Communication

    Language/Communication
    • Points to objects in books
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    -Enjoys Building Towers
  • Movement/Physical Developement

    Movement/Physical Developement
    • Kicks a ball