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The baby can sit up by themselves without support.

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The baby starts to stand, and might even begin to take a few steps. At first, the baby might have to hold onto something to keep their balance.

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The baby starts to crawl upstairs, at first preferring to go on their hands and knees and then progressing to standing up.

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As you can see  in this video, baby Bertina is walking. After standing and crawling, the baby can now take steps

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Scribbling encourages creativity and teaches the baby to have more control over their hands.

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Neuro exam 18 Month: Fine Motor/Coordination - Drawing/Scribbling

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The  baby can reach for a cup and has enough control over their hands to lift the cup up and drink from it.

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Using the skills they've learned from scribbling and drinking from a cup, the baby can turn the pages of a book when they want to move to the next page.

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With the same skills as the cup, the baby has the ability to lift a spoon to their mouth and eat.

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When the baby gets more confident in their walking and ability to climb stairs, they will start going downstairs backwards.

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18 month old baby going down the stairs by herself

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The baby can grab onto objects and small toys. They now know that the objects can stack onto each other and they find it fun to build towers.

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The baby picks up toys using only two fingers. This keeps them more entertained since the parent doesn't constantly have to pick things up for them.

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The baby likes to explore different textures and they use their senses like their mouth to explore. Unfortunately this is also a choking hazard if the baby puts something that's too small in their mouth.

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The baby knows that if they bang objects together, or shake something like a rattle. It'll make noise. They find it fun to grab objects and see what noise they make.

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Transfers objects from one hand to the other

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Transfers objects from one hand to the other

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The baby can move objects from one hand to the other without dropping it.

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The baby can grasp and pick up a toy using their wrists and fingers to pick up a toy from the ground and hold onto it.

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The baby can climb into things or on top of things, demonstrating their gross motor skills developing by using their arms and legs to power themselves up.

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The baby uses their gross motor skills to stand on one leg with the help of an adult or by holding onto something. They balance on their leg, and stabilize with their arms.

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The baby can grasp a string on a toy and pull it behind them using their arms.

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The baby uses their grasp and their arms to throw a ball underhand, therefore demonstrating their ability with gross motor skills.