12th Month Developmental Milestones
These are a few days early; we see the pediatrician for MMRV shots and a well baby check with a weigh in next week. Until then I shall continue to assume that they are normal.
| J. | F. | |
| 90% of babies can… | ||
| walk holding onto furniture | √ | √ |
| use a few gestures to get needs met | √ | √ |
| 75% of babies can… | ||
| play patty-cake or wave bye-bye | √ | √ |
| drink from a cup | √ | √ |
| pick up a tiny object neatly | √ | √ |
| stand alone momentarily | √ | √ |
| say “mama” or “dada” discriminately | √ | √ |
| say one word other than “mama” or “dada” | no | no |
| 50% of babies can… | ||
| play ball (roll ball to you)* | √ | √ |
| stand alone well | kind of | √ |
| use immature jargoning | √ | √ |
| walk well | with support | kind of |
| 25% of babies can… | ||
| say three words other than “mama” or “dada” | no | no |
| respond to a one-step command without gestures | √ | √ |
All the milestones are from “What to Expect the First Year” which pulls milestones from the Denver Developmental Screening Tests and the Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale and lists them at the beginning of each chapter.
*It’s more of a toss than a roll.
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