• Lifts head and chest when on belly

• Kicks legs and thrusts arms when on back

• Open and closes hand around a toy

• Brings hand to mouth

• Turns head from cheek to cheek on belly in response to sound

• Pushes through forearms when on belly

• Visually tracks high contrast objects/cards (1m+)

• Midline head control in vertical positions (3m+)

• Turns head and neck fully to both sides on back or belly

*if you notice any flat spots on baby’s head, the perfect time to intervene conservatively without a helmet is at 2 months but the sooner the better.

• Brings hands and feet to mouth

• Maintains supported and prop sitting for 15 seconds (5m+)

• Good head control and maintains midline in all positions

• Holds trunk/belly off legs in sitting (5m+)

• Rolls back to belly

• Pushes up with arms straight and open palms when in tummy time (5m+)

• Reaches for toys above shoulder level when on back

• On belly, begins to pivot to left and right

• Rolls back to belly and belly to back to both sides without arching

• Independent sitting with straight back

• Able to hold and play with a toy in sitting without falling

• In sitting, breaks fall with open hand (7m+)

• Plays in side sit position

• Transitions from sitting to crawling position

• Army crawls on belly

• Plays on knees with hands on surface

• Transitions from floor > sitting

• Supports weight and bounces in supported standing (7m+)

• Pulls to stand with one leg at a time

• Maintains standing position when holding on

• Crawling hands and knees

• Stands independently for 5 - 10 seconds

• Crawls over obstacles

• Squats to retrieve a toy and returns to standing if at a surface

• Cruises along furniture in both directions

• Lowers from standing position at a surface by bending at knees

• Transitions floor to stand through bear crawl position (11m+)

• Crawls up stairs on hands and knees

• Crawls backwards off surfaces

• Pulls and pushes toys

• Walks while holding toys

• Walks independently > 80% of the time (14m+)

• Steps over small obstacles

• Steps up/down from 1-2 inch height surfaces independently

• Squats to retrieve object and returns to standing without falling

• Goes down slide in upright seated position (15m+)

• Goes up/down flight of stairs with railing or hand using step together pattern

• Walks backwards independently

• Pushes up onto tip toes without support

• Kicks a ball

• Throws a small ball without losing balance

• Climbs on/off furniture without help

• Jumps with 2 feet off surface without support surface (20m+)