10 to 12 month milestones
Milestones are reference points for what most children do. We never score or compare.
Feelings & Comfort
- Plays a familiar social game with another personBy 12 months
- Checks your face to decide how to react to something newBy 12 months
- May get upset at goodbyes, and settles with you or a familiar caregiverBy 12 months
Limits & Cooperation
- Understands “no” and pauses or stops when you say itBy 12 months
- Takes turns in a back-and-forth game, like rolling a ballBy 12 months
Talking & Understanding
- Reaches toward a wanted objectBy 10 months
- Points to communicateBy 10 months
- Waves “bye-bye”By 12 months
- Shows or gives an object to another personBy 12 months
- Responds to simple words and phrasesBy 12 months
- Uses “Mama” or “Papa” to mean that parentBy 12 months
- Says one or two words, like hi or byeBy 12 months
Speaking Clearly
- Copies speech soundsBy 10 months
Early Literacy
- Chooses a book to share with youBy 12 months
- Points to pictures they like in a bookBy 13 months
Exploring & Discovering
- Explores a toy in different ways to find out what it doesBy 12 months
- Points, looks or makes sounds to ask you about thingsBy 12 months
Logic & Numbers
- Puts something in a container, like a block in a cupBy 12 months
- Looks for things they see you hide, like a toy under a blanketBy 12 months
- Notices when an amount changes, like more or all goneBy 12 months
Pretend & Imitate
- Copies or starts social gesturesBy 10 months
- Copies what you just did with a toyBy 12 months
Doing It Myself
- Drinks from an open cup while you hold itBy 12 months
- Holds a spoon and tries to feed themselvesBy 12 months
Nara is educational and doesn’t assess or diagnose. If you’re worried, talk to your child’s doctor.
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