Erikson's Development Chart: Milestones

- Smiles responsively; looks at faces.

- Follows to midline.

- Vocalizes making cooing or short vowel sounds.

- Lifts head.

- Smiles responsively; smiles spontaneously; stares at own hand.

- Grasps a rattle; follows past midline; brings hands to middle of body.

- Laughs and squeals out loud; vocalizes; makes "ooh" sounds.

- Lifts head and chest 45 and 90 degrees when prone; head steady when sitting.

- Reaches for toy out of reach; looks at hand; smiles spontaneously.

- Looks at raisin placed on contrasting surface; reaches out; follows completely side to side.

- Turns to rattle sound made out of vision on each side; squeals; laughs.

- Rolls over both directions; no head lag; lifts head and chest completely.

- Feeds self finger foods; tries to get toys; looks at hands.

- Transfers; rakes a raisin or cheerio; picks up and holds a small object in each hand.

- Imitates sounds; says single syllables; begins to put syllables together.

- No head lag; sits without support; stands holding onto furniture.

- Plays pat-a-cake; feeds self; works to get a toy.

- Developed pincer grasp; bangs objects together; picks up two cubes.

- Jabbers; combines syllables; mama/dada is nonspecific.

- Stands briefly without support; gets to sitting position; pulls to stand.

- Begins to imitate; helps in the house; feeds self with increasing skill (still rotates the spoon, if used) and holds a cup.

- Builds a tower with increasing number of blocks; scribbles; able to put a block in a cup.

- Says 3 to 10 single words; can point to several body parts.

- Walks well forward and backward; stoops and recovers.

- Removes one article of clothing; feeds a doll; uses a spoon or fork.

- Holds a pencil and spontaneously scribbles; dumps a raisin out of a bottle on command after demonstration; builds a two-block tower.

- Points to two pictures; says three to six words.

- Runs; walks up steps; kicks a ball forward.

- Brushes teeth with help, puts on clothing, feeds a doll.

- Builds a tower of at least four to six cubes.

- Points to and names four familiar pictures (cat, horse, bird, dog, man); speech understandable 50% of the time.

- Throws a ball overhand; jumps; kicks a ball forward.

- Puts on a T-shirt; washes and dries hands; names a friend.

- Imitates a vertical line; wiggles thumbs; builds a tower of eight cubes.

- Knows two adjectives (e.g. tired, hungry, cold); identifies one color; knows the use of two objects (e.g. cup, chair, pencil).

- Balances on each foot for 1 second; jumps forward; throws a ball overhand.

- Develops positive self-esteem through skill acquisition and task completion; peer group becoming the primary socializing force.

- Ties shoelaces, buttons and zips clothes, dresses and undresses without help.

- Vocabulary expands; understands the different properties of language: play on words, puns, mnemonics, jokes.

- Improved muscle mass and coordination allow for participation in various sports and games.

- Peers' opinions become more important than parents'.

- Hand-eye coordination fully developed; fine motor control approximates adults.

- Reads more and enjoys comics and newspapers; understands fractions, conservation of volume and weight; likes to talk on the telephone; interested in how things work.

- May begin to be more awkward as growth spurt begins; may drop out of team sports to avoid embarrassment.

- Experiences emotional and social turmoil associated with rapid changes in development and altered body image; is interested in opposite-sex relationships.

- Adult fine motor control.

- Becomes future oriented; views the world in broad perspective; hypothesizes several alternatives to a problem; thinks and reasons abstractly; develops moral reasoning.

- Early growth-related awkwardness develops into coordinated muscle control.