Developmental Milestones

Question 1

What is developmental delay?

Answer 1

When a child does not reach milestones at the same age as other children

Question 2

When is developmental screening recommended?

Answer 2

9 months, 18 months, and 24-30 months

Question 3

What developmental screening tool is recommended by the AAP?

Answer 3

None

Question 4

What developmental milestones should a 2 month old have reached? (L/C and motor)

Answer 4

L/C: coos, makes gurgling sounds; Motor: Can hold head up

Question 5

When will/should a baby start to smile at people?

Answer 5

2 months

Question 6

What cognitive milestone should a 2 month old reach?

Answer 6

Should be able to pay attention to faces

Question 7

What milestone should happen by 4 months, but parents should be warned at the 2 month visit?

Answer 7

By 4 months, the baby should be able to roll over from tummy to back, this can be a safety issue which is why parents must be told to expect this at the 2 month visit

Question 8

What age should a child be able to hold their head steady, unsupported?

Answer 8

4 months

Question 9

What language milestone should a 6 month old reach?

Answer 9

babbling

Question 10

A baby should be able to roll over in BOTH directions by what age?

Answer 10

6 months

Question 11

What social/emotional milestones are evident at 6 months?

Answer 11

Baby should know familiar faces (develop stranger danger), they also should like to play with others

Question 12

What age should a baby be able to sit up without support?

Answer 12

9 months

Question 13

When should a baby be able to crawl?

Answer 13

9 months

Question 14

What cognitive milestone should a 9 month old reach?

Answer 14

Be able to pick up things between thumb and index finger

Question 15

True stranger danger will most likely develop by what age?

Answer 15

9 months

Question 16

What language milestone should a 12 month old reach?

Answer 16

Be able to say “mama” or “dada”

Question 17

When can/should a baby be able to follow simple directions?

Answer 17

12 months

Question 18

What age will a baby start to say multiple single words?

Answer 18

18 months

Question 19

What age will a baby be able to understand/participate in simple pretend play?

Answer 19

18 months

Question 20

By age 3, kids should be able to _______ easily.

Answer 20

Run

Question 21

At what age should kids be able to name most familiar objects and talk well enough for strangers to understand them?

Answer 21

Age 3

Question 22

What motor developmental milestone should a 4 year old have reached?

Answer 22

Be able to hop and stand on one foot for up to 2 seconds

Question 23

After this age, it is abnormal for a child to not be able to use the toilet on his/her own?

Answer 23

5

Question 24

What COGNITIVE milestone should a 5 year old have reached?

Answer 24

Can count 10 or more objects

Question 25

By what age should a child reach their adult proficiency with language?

Answer 25

by 7-8 years of age

Question 26

In middle childhood, what type of thinking do kids typically have?

Answer 26

“concrete operational”, they focus on the present

Question 27

What cognitive/thinking change occurs from middle childhood to adolescence?

Answer 27

cognitive development progresses to formal operational thinking; they are able to reason logically and abstractly and to consider future consequences

Question 28

At one age do kids transition from family-dominated influences to more autonomous or peer-directed?

Answer 28

adolescence