Ages and Stages

Every child develops at their own pace, but there are some landmarks you can look out for.

At 0-6 months your baby will probably:

• look at adults closely

• put things into their mouth and touch things with their hands

• play alone with toys.

At 6-12 months you baby will probably:

• look at and copy adults

• copy movements…for instance, dropping objects

• like simple games such as peek-a-boo

• explore toys.

At 10-12 months your baby will probably:

• play with an object with both hands when sitting up on their own

• turn the pages of a board book

• use taste and touch to explore everything within their reach

• begin to move themselves across the room by crawling, shuffling or walking

• say “mama” or “dada” to call you.

At 13-18 months, your toddler is likely to:

• walk alone with heels on the floor

• respond to their name

• feed themselves finger food and begin to use a spoon

• be able to scribble with a large crayon

• follow a simple request like, “give me the ball”.

From 18 months, your toddler may start to:

• use lots of new words and sentences

• run and skip.

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