Baby's First Year Development Chart

• Cuddles
• Follows to Midline
• Moro Reflex (Reacts to sudden noise or contact by dropping head backward, arms and legs extend outward and back sharply) 
• Equal Movements
• Head up when prone/Lifts and turns head
• Begins to smile
• Responds to sound
• Regards face, fixes gaze at 8-12"

Moves bowels three or four times daily.

• Responds more for the parents than others
• Shows a preference of sleeping positions
• Coos, laughs, reciprocal vocalization
• Head up 45º
• Cuddles, quiets self
• Will give a social smile
• Grasps rattle placed in hand and holds briefly
• Responds to loud sounds

Moves bowels twice, close to feedings.

Is awake as many as ten hours a day.   Has two to four longer sleep periods.

Sleeps as long as seven hours a night.

Enjoys bath time.

• No head lag when pulled to sit
• Begins reaching, using both arms simultaneously
• Follows object 180º
• Squeals, babbles, and laughs
• Bats at objects
• Rolls prone to supine
• Recognizes feeding preparation and will wait a short time.
• Holds rattle
• Brings hands together
• Smiles spontaneously
• Prone, head up 90º—Shoulders up
• Opens hands at rest

Interest in feeding may decrease due to social interest.

Predictable interval between feeding and bowels.

Splashes in bath, kicks, and lifts head.

• Turns to name and sound
• Rakes small objects with hand
• Rolls supine to prone
• Reacts to strangers
• Plays with feet
• Shows displeasure at loss of toy
• Single consonant babbling
• Follows path of dropped object
• Imitates sound
• May hold own bottle to feed
• Reaches for objects with the closer hand
• Sits with support
• Lifts cup
• Reaches and transfers

Sleeps through the night and half of 24-hour period.

• Creeps and/or crawls
• Says Mama, Dada nonspecific
• Pulls to stand, cruises along furniture
• Sits up well
• Understands a few words
• Monosyllable babbling
• Shy with strangers—anxiety
• Plays Peek-a-boo and Pat-a-cake
• Gets toy out of reach
• Partial finger feeds

May fear bath

• Lowers self from standing to sitting without falling
• Waves bye-bye
• Says Mama, Dada specific
• Releases toy
• Gives hugs
• Precise grasps
• Walks with support, may take few steps alone.
• May scribble
• One word speech sounds
• Plays with toys appropriately (squeaks a squeak toy)
• May cooperate in dressing and feeding self.
• Bangs two cubes together.
• Can put one object inside another

Takes three meals a day.  Holds cup to drink.  Uses spoon.  Plays with saucer.

May have trouble sleeping.  One afternoon nap.

Cooperates in dressing.