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Age
NB
Ventral Suspension
Prone
Supine/Pull to sit
4w
6w
Head up momentarily
8w
10 w
3/12
4/12
5/12
6/12
8/12
9/12
11/12
10/12
1 yr
13/12
15/12
18/12
24/12
30/12
3 yr
4yr
5yr
LANGUAGE
Two components:
Receptive comes before expressive (Child should understand before he can express)
Age
Newborn
1/12
3/12
Receptive
Quiet to voice
Recognizes mothers voice
6/12
7/12
9-10/12
11/12
12/12 (1
year)
14/12
15/12
18/12 (1.5
years)
24/12 (2
years)
30/12
3 years
4 years
5 years
Follows gestures
ONE STEP COMMAND (GIVE ME, COME HERE)
Names all family members
Jargon, follows simple commands
Expressive
Cries
Quiet to voice
COOING / VOCALIZATION WHEN TALKED TO, recognizes
mothers voice
Monosyllables ba, ma
VOWEL SOUNDS (aaah, oooh)
REPETITIVE CONSONANTS MAMA, DADA WITHOUT
MEANING
FIRST WORD USUALLY MAMA OR DADA WITH MEANING ,
POINTING AT OBJECTS
Names all family members
Jargon, follows simple commands
10 - 15 words
Three word sentences subject, verb, object (Me go home).
Uses pronoun I
UNDER STAND TWO STEP COMMANDS (bring the cup and give it
to me)
UNDER STAND 3-4 STEP COMMANDS (bring the cup and keep on
the table and come here)
Full name,
Counts 3 objects, Knows age and sex (& name)
Coins 4 coins correctly; Can tell a story
Names colours,
Jargon strings of different sounds unlike at 9 months when it is the same sound over and over. The sounds like as if the child is speaking a
foreign language with rising and falling speech like sound variation (managabalakapa)
Social smile
Cooing / vocalization when talked to
Sustained social contact, vocalizes great deal; Recognises mother
Smiles at mirror
Stranger reaction
Responds to bye-bye, peek-a-boo
Postural adjustment to dressing
15/12
18/12
Dressing
< 2 years: makes postural adjustment while dressing and undressing
2 years: helps in UNDRESSING
3 years: helps in DRESSING
5 years: Dress and Undress on his own
SPHINCTER CONTROL
Bowel control is usually acquired before bladder control
< 15 months
Unconscious voiding of infant
15 months
Tells mother that he has wet his pants ( 1st sign of sphincter control)
1.5 years to 2 years
By 18 months starts being aware of full bladder. Dry by day
Gives mother enough time to place him on pottie when he tells her
2 years to 3 years
Dry by night if lifted out at 10 pm or 11 pm .
4years
Goes to toilet on his own
VISION
Newborn
6 weeks
3/12
4/12
5/12
6/12
9/12
1year
2 years
Play
From birth - 6 months vision dominant modality
Initial (6 months to 12 months)
Initially the infant explores his or her own body plays with hands, other parts of the body
Explorative (exploring the object, does not meaningfully play with it): mainly mouths objects, bangs, rubs
12 -15 months
Imitative play (Imitates what is shown), Imitates parents
Demonstrates appropriate use of common objects
Casting (throws when he loses interest)
12-18 months
Pretend play
First on self like feeding oneself
18-30 months
Pretend on another object (like playing with a car, feeding a doll)
Sequential pretending ( 2-3 years)
Dresses the doll, feeds it and puts it to sleep
By four years children play with each other and games become more complex involving roleplaying, imagination, rules ( doctor-nurse/
police and robbers)
Till 3 years usually parallel play with other children. Sits with other children but usually play their own games
3-5 years,
Play with other children, understand rules
1800 Flip
Supine: Are the limbs flexed or extended, relation of head trunk and limbs, any abnormal posture like ATNR posture
Traction or pull to sit: Any head lag, how is the grasp
Sitting: position of head, back
Vertical suspension: Position of head and trunk, any scissoring, weight bearing
Ventral suspension: Floppy or not, position of head
Rules of Thumb
At 3 years
TRIcycle
Bridge of 3 cubes
3 word sentences
Counts 3 objects
Repeats 3 numbers
Stands on one leg (3 limbs used)