By 3 months, does your child...?

• Follow moving objects with eyes

• Turn head toward bright colors and lights

• Move eyes together in same direction

• Recognize breast or bottle

• Respond to loud sounds

• Make fists with both hands

• Grasp rattles or hair

• Wiggle and kick with legs and arms

• Lift head and chest while on stomach

• Smile

• Make cooing sounds

By 12 months, does your child...?

• Get into sitting position 

•  Pull to a standing position

• Crawl on hands and knees

• Drink from a cup

• Enjoy "peek-a-boo" and "patty cake"

• Wave bye-bye

• Hold out arms and legs while being dressed

• Put objects into container

• Have a 5 to 6 word vocabulary

• Walk with help

By 2 years, does your child...?

• Use 2 to 3 word sentences

• Say names of toys

• Recognize familiar pictures

• Carry an object while walking

• Feed self with spoon

• Play alone and independently

• Turn 2 or 3 pages at a time

• Like to imitate parents

• Identify hair, eyes, ears and nose by pointing

• Build tower of 5 blocks

• Show affection

By 6 months, does your child...?

• Turn towards source of normal sound

• Reach for objects and pick them up

• Roll from stomach to back

• Transfer objects from one hand to other

• Play with toes

• Help hold bottle during feeding

• Recognize familiar faces

• Babble

• Sit well while leaning on hands

By 18 months, does your child...?

• Like to pull, push and dump things

• Follow simple directions like "bring the ball"

• Pull off shoes, socks and mittens

• Like to look at pictures

• Feed self

• Make marks on paper with crayons

• Use 8 to 10 words that are understood

• Walk without help

• Step off low object and keep balance

• Stack 3 blocks

By 3 years, does your child...?

• Walk up steps alternating feet

• Ride a tricycle

• Put on shoes

• Open door

• Turn one page at a time

• Play with other children for a few minutes

• Repeat common rhymes

• Use 3 to 5 word sentences

• Name at least one color correctly

• Use the toilet