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At LSS, a baby becomes a waddler when they start to crawl, usually around 7-8 months. In the table below, we've identified some milestones that children reach by the time they are 15 months old. These are just guidelines, please remember that all children advance at their own pace.
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Social & Emotional |
8 - 9 months |
laughs out loud |
9 months |
screams to get their own way |
9-15 months |
Play is activity only for present moment; fears the unfamiliar - people, places, things. Beginning a sense of separate self. |
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Language |
6 -12 months |
imitation sound games; responds to a variety of sounds; makes vowel sounds, acquires receptive language; cries to communicate. |
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Physical - Motor Skills |
7 months |
crawls |
8 months |
sits up unaided; pulls to standing position; pincer grasp established |
9 months |
creeps |
| 10 months |
feeds self with spoon |
| 11 months |
stands alone, cruises |
12 months |
first steps; can move hands in rotation to turn knobs |
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Intellectual -Cognitive |
7-10 months |
solves simple problems (i.e. knocks over box to get toy) |
8 months |
begins to believe in permanence of objects; follows simple instruction |
| 8-12 months |
has intent behind actions |
| 11 months |
begins trial and error experimentation |
| 12 months |
plays drop and retrieve games; pat-a-cake; explores with hands and fingers; smiles; vocalizes at image in mirror |
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