12 Month Old
Sensory and Thinking Skills:
· Copy sounds and actions you make
· Respond to music with body motion
· Look for an object that they watched fall out of sight (under table, behind back)
· Try to accomplish simple goals (seeing and then crawling to a toy)
Motor Skills:
· Drink from a cup with help, feed self finger-foods (puffs, cheerios)
· Grasp small objects with thumb and index or forefinger
· Poke or point with index finger
· Put small blocks in and take them out of a container, bang blocks together
· Sit without support
· Crawl on hands and knees
· Pull self up to stand, take steps holding onto furniture
· Stand without help for brief periods of time
· Walk holding onto 1 or 2 hands, or behind a push toy
· Help with dressing by offering a foot or an arm
Language and Social Skills:
· Vocalize during play
· Babble, sometimes “sounds like” talking, tries to “talk” to you
· Say their first word
· Recognize family members’ names; can say “mama” and “dada” for specific person
· Show affection to familiar people
· Show mild anxiety with separation from parent, apprehension about strangers
· Raise arms when they want to be picked up
· Understand simple commands (responds appropriately to “give me…” or “no”)
Red Flags:
· Cannot crawl, or drags one side of the body while crawling
· Is not using both sides of body equally (showing a preference for one side too early)
· Cannot stand when supported
· Does not babble or have any single words
· Does not look for objects that are hidden
· Does not use simple gestures such as waving or shaking head
· Cannot sit steadily
· No interest in peek-a-boo or patty cake
· Does not react to new environments/people, or seek out caregiver when stressed