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Normal Stages of Human Development (Birth to 5 Years)
Physical and Emotional Social
Language
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Birth to 1 month | Feedings: 5-8 per day Sleep: 20 hrs per day Sensory Capacities: makes basic distinctions in vision, hearing, smelling, tasting, touch, temperature, and perception of pain | Generalized Tension | Helpless Asocial Fed by mother |
2 months to 3 months | Sensory Capacities: color perception, visual exploration, oral exploration. Sounds: cries, coos, grunts Motor Ability: control of eye muscles, lifts head when on stomach. | Delight Distress Smiles at a Face | Visually fixates at a face, smiles at a face, may be soothed by rocking. |
4 months to 6 months | Sensory Capacities: localizes sounds Sounds: babbling, makes most vowels and about half of the consonants Feedings: 3-5 per day Motor Ability: control of head and arm movements, purposive grasping, rolls over. | Enjoys being cuddled | Recognizes his mother. Distinguishes between familiar persons and strangers, no longer smiles indiscriminately. Expects feeding, dressing, and bathing. |
7 months to 9 months | Motor Ability: control of trunk and hands, sits without support, crawls about. | Specific emotional attachment to mother. Protests separation from mother. | Enjoys "peek-a-boo" |
10 months to 12 months | Motor Ability: control of legs and feet, stands, creeps, apposition of thumb and fore-finger. Language: says one or two words, imitates sounds, responds to simple commands. Feedings: 3 meals, 2 snacks Sleep: 12 hours, 2 naps | Anger Affection Fear of strangers Curiosity, exploration | Responsive to own name. Wave bye-bye. Plays pat-a-cake, understands "no-no!" Gives and takes objects. |
1 years to 1 ½ years | Motor Ability: creeps up stairs, walks (10-20 min), makes lines on paper with crayon. | Dependent Behavior Very upset when separated from mother Fear of Bath | Obeys limited commands. Repeats a few words. Interested in his mirror image. Feeds himself. |
1 ½ years to 2 years | Motor Ability: runs, kicks a ball, builds 6 cube tower (2yrs) Capable of bowel and bladder control. Language: vocabulary of more than 200 words Sleep: 12 hours at night, 1-2 hr nap | Temper tantrums (1-3yrs) Resentment of new baby | Does opposite of what he is told (18 months). |
2 years to 3 years | Motor Ability: jumps off a step, rides a tricycle, uses crayons, builds a 9-10 cube tower. Language: starts to use short sentences controls and explores world with language, stuttering may appear briefly. | Fear of separation Negativistic (2 ½ yrs) Violent emotions, anger Differentiates facial expressions of anger, sorrow, and joy. Sense of humor (Plays tricks) | Talks, uses "I" "me" "you" Copies parents' actions. Dependent, clinging, possessive about toys, enjoys playing alongside another child. Negativism (2 ½ yrs). Resists parental demands. Gives orders. Rigid insistence on sameness of routine. Inability to make decisions. |
3 years to 4 years | Motor Ability: Stands on one leg, jumps up and down, draws a circle and a cross (4 yrs) Self-sufficient in many routines of home life. | Affectionate toward parents. Pleasure in genital manipulation Romantic attachment to parent of opposite sex (3 to 5 yrs) Jealousy of same-sex parent. Imaginary fears of dark, injury, etc. (3 to 5 years) | Likes to share, uses "we" Cooperative play with other children, nursery school. Imitates parents. Beginning of identification with same-sex parent, practices sex-role activities. Intense curiosity & interest in other children's bodies. Imaginary friend. |
4 years to 5 years | Motor ability: mature motor control, skips, broad jumps, dresses himself, copies a square and a triangle. Language: talks clearly, uses adult speech sounds, has mastered basic grammar, relates a story, knows over 2,000 words (5 yrs) | Responsibility and guild Feels pride in accomplishment | Prefers to play with other children, becomes competitive prefers sex-appropriate activities. |