Milestones at a glance

Ages are approximate ranges for when many babies reach each skill. Babies born early reach them by their corrected age. Talk to your baby's doctor or nurse if your baby is well behind these ranges, or if they lose a skill they had.

Around Many babies

1 month Watch faces, startle at noise, turn toward familiar voices, briefly lift head on their tummy

2 months Smile back at you, coo, follow a face or toy with their eyes, hold head up briefly on their tummy

4 months Laugh, hold head steady, push up on forearms, bring hands to mouth, reach for and grab toys

6 months Roll both ways, sit with support, babble, know familiar faces, show interest in food

9 months Sit alone, crawl or shuffle, pass toys hand to hand, say "ma-ma" or "ba-ba", may be wary of strangers, play peekaboo

months

Pull to stand and cruise, may stand alone or take steps, wave, point, use a few words, pick up small things between thumb and finger Worth raising with your baby's doctor: no social smile by about 3 months; not holding their head up by about 4 months; not reaching for things or not responding to sounds by about 6 months; not sitting with help or not babbling by about 9 months; not pointing, waving or responding to their name, or not bearing weight on their legs by about 12 months; any loss of skills at any age.