Age

Average length/ height

(cm)

Length growth

Average weight

Weight gain

Respiration
rate
(per minute)

Normal body
temperature

14 months

5070 cm (2028 in)

2.5 cm (0.98 in)

per month

48 kg (8.818 lb)

100200 g
per week

30 to 40

35.737.5 C

48 months

7075 cm (2830 in)

1.3 cm (0.51 in)

per month

(doubling birth weight)

500 g per
month

25 to 50

9.6 kg (21 lb)

Nearly triple the birth
weight by first birthday

500 g per
month

20 to 45

913 kg (2029 lb)

130250 g
per month

22 to 40

8
Approx. 1.5 times birth
12 months length by first birthday
12
24 months

8090 cm (3135 in)

58 cm (2.03.1
in) per year

2 years

8595 cm (3337 in)

713 cm (2.85.1
1215 kg (2633 lb)
1 kg per year
in) per year
about 4 times birth weight

20 to 35

3 years

95100 cm (3739 in)

Nearly double birth
length

58 cm (2.03.1
in) per year

Heart rate
(bpm)

35.737.5 C (96
100 F)

Visual acuity
(Snellen
chart)

20/100
80 to 110

20/60

1317 kg (2937 lb)

1.42.3 kg
per year

20 to 30

3537 C

90 to 110

20/40

14.517 kg (3237 lb)

1.82.3 kg
per year

2030

36.637.4C

90 to 110

20/30

2030

90 to 110

20/20

4 years

101.6114 cm (40.045 56.5 cm (2.02.6

in)
in) per year

5 years

105115 cm (4145 in)

56.5 cm (2.02.6
in) per year

1721 kg (3746 lb)

1.82.3 kg
per year

>5 years

105120 cm (4147 in)

57 cm (2.02.8
in) per year

1722 kg (3749 lb)

2 kg per year

Developmental Milestones[1]
Age

Motor

Speech

Vision and hearing

46 wks

Additional Notes
Smiles at parent

68 wks

Vocalizes

1220 wks

Hand regard: following the

hand with the eyes.[2]

Serves to practice emerging visual skills.[3] Also

observed in blind children.[2]

3 months

head held up for prolonged periods. No grasp reflex

Makes vowel noises

Follows dangling toy from

side to side. Turns head
round to sound

Squeals with delight appropriately.

Discriminates smile.

5 months

Holds head steady. Goes for objects and gets them.

Objects taken to mouth

Enjoys vocal play

6 months

Transfers objects from one hand to the other. Pulls self Double syllable sounds
Localises sound 45 cm lateral
up to sit and sits erect with supports. Rolls over prone such as 'mumum' and
to either ear
to supine. Grasps cube in hand.
'dada'

9
Wiggles and crawls. Sits unsupported. Picks up objects
10 months
with pincer grasp
1 year

Stands holding furniture. Stands alone for a second or

two, then collapses with a bump

May show 'stranger shyness'

Babbles tunefully

Looks for toys dropped

Apprehensive about strangers

Babbles 2 or 3 words
repeatedly

Drops toys, and watches

where they go

Cooperates with dressing, waves goodbye,

understands simple commands

Walks alone. Picks up toy without falling over. Gets

18 months up/down stairs holding onto rail. Jumps with both feet.
Can build a tower of 3 or 4 cubes and throw a ball

'Jargon'. Many
intelligible words

Demands mothering. Drinks from a cup with

both hands. Feeds self with a spoon. Most
children with autism are diagnosed at this age.

2 years

Able to run. Walks up and down stairs 2 feet per step.

Builds tower of 6 cubes

Joins 23 words in
sentences

Parallel play. Dry by day

3 years

Goes up stairs 1-foot per step and downstairs 2 feet

per step. Copies circle, imitates cross and draws man
on request. Builds tower of 9 cubes

Constantly asks
questions. Speaks in
sentences.

Cooperative play. Undresses with assistance.

Imaginary companions

4 years

Goes down stairs one foot per step, skips on one foot.
Imitates gate with cubes, copies a cross

Questioning at its
height. Many infantile
substitutions in speech

Dresses and undresses with assistance. Attends

to own toilet needs

5 years

Fluent speech with few

Skips on both feet and hops. Draws a man and copies a
infantile substitutions
triangle. Gives age
in speech

6 years

Copies a diamond. Knows right from left and number

of fingers

Fluent speech

Dresses and undresses alone