Development Timeline (Birth to 19 Years)
TDA 2.1 (1.1) DEVELOPMENTAL TIMELINE – FROM BIRTH TO NINETEEN YEARS
The time frames presented are averages and some children may achieve various developmental milestones earlier or later than average but still be within the normal range.
BIRTH TO 5 YEARS | Social, Emotional andBehavioural Development | Communication andIntellectual Development | Physical Development(gross and fine motor) | Birth – 1 month | Generalised tension.Helpless.Asocial (not social).Fed by mother. | | Feedings: 5 - 8 per day.Sleep: 20 hours per day.Sensory Capacities: makes basic distinctions in vision, hearing, smelling and tasting, touch temperature and perception of pain. | 2 months – 3 months | Distress.Smiles at a face.Visually fixates at a faceand smiles at it.Maybe soothed by rocking.Enjoys being cuddled.Expresses delight. | Oral Exploration: cries, coos, grunts. | Sensory Capacities: colour perception; visual exploration.Motor Ability: control of eye muscles; lifts head when on stomach. |
BIRTH TO 5 YEARS | Social, Emotional andBehavioural Development | Communication andIntellectual Development | Physical Development(gross and fine motor). | 4 months – 6 months | Enjoys being cuddled.Recognises his mother.Distinguishes between familiar persons and strangers.No longer smiles indiscriminately.Expects feeding, dressing and bathing. | Oral Exploration: babbling; makes most vowels and about half of the consonants, | Sensory Capacities: localises sounds.Motor Ability: control of head and arm movements; purposive grasping, rolls over. | 7 months – 9 months | Specific emotional attachment to mother.Protests separation from mother.Enjoys "peek-a-boo" games. | | Motor Ability: control of trunk and hands; sits without support; crawls about. | 10 months – 12 months | Responsive to own name.Waves "bye-bye".Plays "pat-a cake".Understands "no!"Gives and takes objects.Affection.Anger.Fear of strangersCuriosity & Exploration. | Language: says one or two words; imitates
The time frames presented are averages and some children may achieve various developmental milestones earlier or later than average but still be within the normal range.
BIRTH TO 5 YEARS | Social, Emotional andBehavioural Development | Communication andIntellectual Development | Physical Development(gross and fine motor) | Birth – 1 month | Generalised tension.Helpless.Asocial (not social).Fed by mother. | | Feedings: 5 - 8 per day.Sleep: 20 hours per day.Sensory Capacities: makes basic distinctions in vision, hearing, smelling and tasting, touch temperature and perception of pain. | 2 months – 3 months | Distress.Smiles at a face.Visually fixates at a faceand smiles at it.Maybe soothed by rocking.Enjoys being cuddled.Expresses delight. | Oral Exploration: cries, coos, grunts. | Sensory Capacities: colour perception; visual exploration.Motor Ability: control of eye muscles; lifts head when on stomach. |
BIRTH TO 5 YEARS | Social, Emotional andBehavioural Development | Communication andIntellectual Development | Physical Development(gross and fine motor). | 4 months – 6 months | Enjoys being cuddled.Recognises his mother.Distinguishes between familiar persons and strangers.No longer smiles indiscriminately.Expects feeding, dressing and bathing. | Oral Exploration: babbling; makes most vowels and about half of the consonants, | Sensory Capacities: localises sounds.Motor Ability: control of head and arm movements; purposive grasping, rolls over. | 7 months – 9 months | Specific emotional attachment to mother.Protests separation from mother.Enjoys "peek-a-boo" games. | | Motor Ability: control of trunk and hands; sits without support; crawls about. | 10 months – 12 months | Responsive to own name.Waves "bye-bye".Plays "pat-a cake".Understands "no!"Gives and takes objects.Affection.Anger.Fear of strangersCuriosity & Exploration. | Language: says one or two words; imitates