Age in Months:   3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 36

I'm 3 months old! I...

• turn toward bright colors and lights
• follow moving toys or faces with my eyes
• recognize or know the bottle or breast
• respond to loud or new sounds
• reach for and grasp toys or hair
• wiggle and kick my legs and arms
• lift my head and shoulders up while on stomach
• smile back at parents or other family members
• make sounds, like gurgling, cooing or babbling

I'm 6 months old! I...

• turn toward voices
• reach for toys and pick them up
• roll over front-to-back and back-to-front
• play with my toes
• help hold bottle during feedings, if bottle fed
• know faces of family members
• babble, squeal, and repeat vowel sounds, like ooh, -ae, -e
• sit by leaning on my hand

I'm 9 months old! I...

• copy sounds or gestures
• reach for crumbs or other small things with my thumb and fingers
• move toys from one hand to the other hand
• I straighten my arms to support myself when I'm on my stomach
• understand the word "No"

I'm 12 months old! I...

• respond to my name
• may be scared of strangers
• look for an object if you hide it from me, even if I can't see it
• crawl on my hands and knees
• pull myself to a standing position
• walk by holding onto furniture
• can drink from a cup with your help
• enjoy playing games, like peek-a-boo or patty cake
• say 1 to 2 words

I'm 15 months old! I...

• use gestures
• like to look at pictures in a book
• can hold a crayon in my fist
• hand toys to you when you ask me
• can point to pictures you name, if the things in the picture are familiar to me
• walk alone without help

I'm 18 months old! I...

• like to pull and push things
• follow simple directions
• pull off shoes and socks
• feed myself sometimes
• step off low objects and keep balance
• turn 2 to 3 pages of a book at a time
• can point to one body part
• can name one object
• like to copy your words or actions

I'm 21 months old! I...

• can name 2 objects
• like to pretend-play
• can put together a simple picture puzzle if it has only 2 or 3 large pieces
• like to throw balls
• like to play alone with toys for a short time
• say "No" a lot

I'm 24 months old! I...

• use 2 to 3 words together, like "No, Mommy" or "More cookies"
• say names of toys and people
• feed myself with a spoon
• turn one page at a time
• point to hair, eyes and nose when someone asks me
• show affection to family members and pets
• run short distances without falling

I'm 36 months old! I...

• answer simple questions
• walk up steps, alternating feet
• put my clothes on by myself
• open simple containers
• like to play with other children
• repeat simple rhymes and songs
• use 3 to 5 word sentences
• name at least one color correctly
• jump in place
• express my emotions