Milestone chart: Seven to 12 months

Last reviewed: May 2011

What to expect from your baby at this stage.

Mastered Skills

(Most children can do)

Emerging Skills

(Half of children can

do)

Advanced Skills

(A few children can do)

Child's Age : seven months

• without support

• Reaches for things

with a sweeping motion

• Imitates

(babbles)

Sits

speech

sounds

• Combines syllables into

wordlike sounds

• Begins to or

lunges forward

crawl

• while holding onto

something

• Waves goodbye

• Bangs objects together

Stands

Child's Age : eight months

• Says "dada" and

"mama" to both parents

(isn't specific)

• Begins to crawl

• Passes object from

hand to hand

• Stands while holding

onto something

• well

• Points at objects

Crawls

• Pulls self to standing

position, cruises around

furniture while holding on

• Picks things up with thumb

-finger

• Indicates wants with

gestures

"pincer" grasp

Child's Age : nine months

•

into wordlike sounds

• Stands while holding

onto something

Combines syllables

• Uses to

pick up objects

• while holding

onto furniture

• Bangs objects together

pincer grasp

Cruises

• Plays patty cake

•

to the right parent (is

specific)

Says "dada" and "mama"

Child's Age : 10 months

• Waves goodbye

• Picks things up with

pincer grasp

• well

• Cruises

Crawls

• Says "dada" and

"mama" to the right

parent (is specific)

• to name and

understands "no"

• Indicates wants with

gestures

Responds

• Drinks from a cup

• alone for a couple

of seconds

• Puts objects into a

container

Stands

Child's Age : 11 months

•

to the right

parent (is specific)

• Plays patty-cake

• Stands alone for a

couple of seconds

Says "dada" and

"mama"

• Imitates others'

activities

• Puts objects into a

container

• simple

instructions

Understands

• from a cup

• Says one word besides

"mama" and "dada"

• Stoops from standing

position

Drinks

Child's Age : 12 months

• others'

activities

• Jabbers wordlike

sounds

• Indicates wants with

gestures

Imitates

• Says one word besides

"mama" and "dada"

• Takes a few steps

• and

responds to simple

instructions

Understands

• with crayon

• well

• Says two words besides

"mama" and "dada"

Scribbles

Walks

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