Tips to Help Determine if Your Child Needs Help

Month (in purple):
1	Does s/he look at your face while you’re in direct line of vision?
2	Does s/he smile and coo?
3	Does s/he follow a moving object with eyes? Does s/he hold head up while lying on tummy?
4	Will s/he hold a rattle? Does s/he laugh aloud?
5	Can s/he reach for and hold objects? Does s/he smile at mirror images?
6	Does s/he babble and make sounds? Does s/he turn toward sounds? Will s/he sit up with little support? Does s/he sleep all night? Can s/he roll over?
7	Can s/he transfer an object from one hand to another? Can s/he sit momentarily without support? Does s/he imitate speech sounds?
8	Can s/he sit independently for about 5 minutes? Can s/he grasp objects with thumb and two fingers? Does s/he grasp for a toy that is out of reach?
9	Can s/he say “mama”, “dada” or other two syllable combinations? Does s/he respond to “no” most of the time? Does s/he stop when name is called? Does s/he look for toys after they fall from the high chair?
10	Can s/he pull himself up at the side of a chair or couch? Can s/he pick up a cheerio with each hand using index finger and thumb? Does s/he enjoy food with lumps in it?
11	Can s/he crawl on hands & knees from place-to-place?
12	Can s/he wave “bye-bye”? Can s/he walk with one hand held? Can s/he use two meaningful words? Can s/he help with dressing by extending arms and legs? Can s/he feed self a cracker?
15	Can s/he walk on own? Can s/he tell you what s/he wants by pointing and grunting? Can s/he identify one body part? Does s/he shake head “no”?
18	Can s/he build a tower of three blocks? Does s/he say 8-15 words? Does s/he ask “what’s that?” Can s/he make spontaneous scribbles when given pencil and paper? Can s/he manipulate a toy with both hands together?
21	Does s/he point to pictures when named? Does s/he understand “come here”, “sit down”, or other simple commands. Does s/he put on or take off some clothes?
24	Can s/he walk up and down stairs holding rail or wall? Does s/he use 2 word utterances? Can s/he run? Does s/he understand “one”, “big”, “little”? Does s/he refer to self by name? Can s/he refer to self by name? Can s/he identify 3 body parts?
30	Can s/he jump lifting both feet of the ground? Does s/he use pronouns (I, me, mine) to refer to self? Can s/he build a tower of six blocks? Can s/he answer simple questions, name one color?



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