Infancy and Toddlerhood

Two physical developmental milestones that typically developing children should attain
during this period of development.
During 3 weeks 4 months when the infant is held upright the infant can hold
head erect and steady.
During 3 weeks 5 months the infant can roll from side to side.
Two language developmental milestones that typically developing children should
achieve in this period of development.
During 1-6 months the child prefers listening to human speech over structurally
similar non-speech sounds.
During 7-12 months the child can detect speech units crucial to understanding
meaning, familiar words and regularities in sounds and word sequences.
Two cognitive developmental milestones that typically developing children should
achieve in this period of development.
During 6-9 months the child improves at detecting subjective form in complex
patterns.
During 10-12 months the child continues to improve at detecting subjective
form: Detects familiar objects represented by incomplete drawings.
One sign that may signal atypical development during this period of development.
By 8 months the child still does not crawl
One strategy that families can use to influence their childs learning and development
at this developmental stage.
Provide the child with a learning environment. Have materials available that are
safe and age appropriate that the infant or toddler can explore with and learn
from.