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No voluntary control of body during its early weeks of life

Communicate via crying

Cognitive and perceptual abilities are present

Eyesight is not fully developed

Normal Body temperature ranges from 96°F–99°F (35.6°C–37.2°C)

Has reflexes called Rooting reflex, motor (startle) reflex, grasping reflex, stepping reflex, tonic neck reflex, and the plantar reflex.

Sleep to 17-19 hours per day

Trust begins to develop in this newborn to one month old stage

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Motor and voluntary skills increase

holds eye contact, smiles, imitates their parents.

Cooing and Babbling begin between these stages

Reflexes slowly disappear and become more developed

Tummy-time is recommended to build and strengthen muscles.

Rolling over begins at these stages and by the end can roll over with ease.

sitting up also improves at the end of four months.

object permanence slowly starts developing

distinguishes parents faces and voices when the 5 senses hit.

can localize sound by turning or looking

starts cooing with vowels (a,e,i,o,u) but in baby gibberish

cries less often and can start entertaining itself by smacking toys or grasping.

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Begins to slowly develop teeth and will enter a teething stage where gums are swollen causing discomfort.

True eye color is established between these month stages.

Reflexive behaviors change and develops a parachute reflex towards the end of 8months where arms and legs are in a protective stance.

Now reaches for items with both hands and slowly starts learning how to use one.

Starts being able to sit up alone without any help.

Infant begins to crawl.

Develops the pincer grip where they pick up things with their finger and thumb.

Imitates actions more better.

Death perception is evident during these stages and becomes fearful.

Puts everything and anything into their mouth.

Imitates non-speech

Starts repeating the same syllables.

During these stages the infant is friendly until stranger anxiety develops at the end.

Starts reacting differently to noises.

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Infants begin walking and talking between these months.

Can stack, and manipulate objects.

Infants start creeping which leads to walking later on.

Infants pay more attention to their surroundings as well as objects and people.

Begins to understand words more and follow simple instructions.

Shows awareness of functional items.

Starts Blabbering and can say "yes" or "no".

Recognize their names and turn when they are called.

Stranger anxiety is still a big role during these months.

Begins to want more adult attention and will cry or fuss when alone.

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Growth slows down.

Begins to grow more teeth and can now have 6-10 new teeth.

Begins to walk unassisted by the age of 2 years.

Starts running when getting the hang of walking but have trouble stopping.

By the time they reach age 2 they want to be more independent.

Can hold cups and other utensils on their own.

Starts demonstrating understanding of functional relationships.

Starts naming objects.

During this stage they also use holophrastic speech and telegraphic speech which is where they utter one or two word phrases for things.

Can identify body parts. ex, eyes,nose,ears.

Grows more curious about their surroundings.

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Teeth are nearly all formed, has 20 decidous teeth.

Walking and running greatly improve by age two.

Potty training starts at this age.

Can hold cups with both hands and can unzip and zip buttons.

Can follow simple instructions and directions. ex:"bring me your shoes","can you put this in your toy box?".

Likes putting objects together as well as stacking.

Two year old's have short attention spans but can be engrossed for periods of time.

Starts recognizing familiar names and places.

Vocabulary during this stage increases.

Starts understanding language more and can communicate their wants and needs effectively.

Learns by watching and imitating others.

Children at this age are more bossy and impatient.

Eager to learn and help with certain tasks.