GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Your child should have her height, weight and head circumference measured at each well child visit. This will enable our doctors to pick up any abnormalities in your child’s growth as early as possible. In addition to this, her developmental milestones, dietary habits, immunization status, sleep pattern and physical characteristics will be assessed at each routine checkup.

 

We ask that you fill out our online developmental screening tool called Ages and Stages on the CHADIS website. This is a useful in-depth tool to allow us to accurately assess your child’s developmental milestones. The web link will be emailed to you before your ninth month check up.


Children grow and develop at different rates. The following developmental milestones show the ages by which most young children develop certain abilities. It is normal for a child to do some of these things later than the ages noted here. If your child fails to do many of these at the ages given, or you have questions about her development, please schedule a visit with one of our physicians to discuss this.

Developmental Milestones:

2 Months

  • Smiles, coos
  • Watches a person, follows with the eyes


4 Months

  • Laughs out loud
  • Lifts head and chest when on stomach, grasps objects, rolls over


6 Months

  • Babbles, turns to sound
  • Supports head well when sitting


9 Months

  • Responds to name, plays peek-a-boo
  • Sits alone, crawls, pulls self up to standing


1 Year

  • Waves bye-bye, says mama or dada
  • Walks when holding on, picks up small objects with thumb and first finger


18 Months

  • Says several words other than mama or dada, scribbles
  • Walks alone, feeds self using spoon


2 Years

  • Puts 2 words together, refers to self by name
  • Runs well, walks up stairs by self


3 Years

  • Knows age, helps in buttoning clothing, washes and dries hands
  • Throws ball overhand, rides tricycle


4 Years

  • Knows first and last name, tells a story, counts 4 objects
  • Balances on one foot, uses children’s scissors


5 Years

  • Names 4 colors, counts 10 objects
  • Hops on one foot, dresses self


Young child in red shirt stacking colorful blocks.