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0-3 Month Milestone Check list
4-6 Month Milestone Check list
7-9 Month Milestone Check list
10- 12 Month Milestone Check list
Picky eating symptom checker
Sensory Symptom checker
Social emotional wellbeing

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0-3 Months Milestone

Motor Control

While lying on tummy, pushes up on arms
While lying on tummy, lifts and holds head up
Able to move fists from closed to open
Able to bring hands to mouth
Moves legs and arms off surface when excited

Senses (Sensory)

While lying on back, visually tracks a moving toy from side to side
While lying on back, attempts to reach for a toy held above their chest
While lying on back, keeps head centred to watch faces or toys
Able to calm with rocking, touching, and gentle sounds

Communication

While lying on back, visually tracks a moving toy from side to side
While lying on back, attempts to reach for a toy held above their chest
While lying on back, keeps head centred to watch faces or toys
Able to calm with rocking, touching, and gentle sounds

Feeding

Latches onto nipple or bottle
Tongue moves forward and back to suck
Drinks 2 oz. to 6 oz. of liquid per feeding, 6 times per day
Sucks and swallows well during feeding

Symptom Checklist : 4-6 Month Milestone

Motor Control

Reaches for toys while on tummy
While lying on back, transfers toy from hand to the other
While lying on back, reaches both hands to play with feet
Uses hands to support self while sitting
Rolls from back to tummy and tummy to back
While standing with support, accepts entire weight with legs

Senses (Sensory)

Uses both hands to explore toys
Generally happy when not hungry or tired
Brings hands and objects to mouth
Able to calm with rocking, touching, and gentle sounds
Is not upset by everyday sounds
Enjoys a variety of movements
Reacts to sudden noises or sounds
Notices toys that make sounds

Communication

Begins to use consonant sounds in babbling e.g. “ma ma ma””
Makes different kinds of sounds to express feelings
Uses babbling to get attention
Listens and responds when spoken to
Reacts to sudden noises or sounds
Notices toys that make sounds

Feeding

Shows interest in food
Opens mouth as spoon approaches
Moves pureed food from front of mouth to back
Begins to eat cereals and pureed foods

Symptom Checklist : 7-9 Month Milestone

Motor Control

Sits without support
Sits and reaches for toys without falling
Moves from tummy or back into sitting
Starts to move with alternate leg and arm movement e.g. creeping, crawling
Picks up head and pushes through elbows during Tummy Time
Turns head to visually track objects while sitting
Shows more control while rolling and sitting
Picks up small objects with thumbs and fingers
In simple play imitates others

Senses (Sensory)

Explores and examines an object using both hands and mouth
Turns several pages of a chunky (board) book at once
Experiments with the amount of force needed to pick up different objects
Focuses on objects near and far
Investigates shapes, sizes, and textures of toys and surroundings
Observes environment from a variety of positions – while lying on back or tummy, sitting, crawling, and standing with assistance
Enjoys a variety of movements – bouncing up and down, rocking back and forth

Communication

Imitates sounds
Uses increased variety of sounds and syllable combinations in babbling
Participates in two-way communication
Recognizes sound of their name
Looks at familiar objects and people when named
Follows some routine commands when paired with gestures
Shows recognition of commonly used words
Simple gestures, e.g. shaking head for “no”

Feeding

In a high chair, holds and drinks from a bottle
Begins to eat thicker pureed and mashed table foods
Enjoys chew toys that can massage sore and swollen gums during teething
Stays full longer after eating
Starts to look and reach for objects, such as food, that is nearby
Shows strong reaction to new smells and tastes

Symptom Checklist : 10-12 Month Milestone

Motor Control

Releases objects into a container with a large opening
Uses thumb and pointer finger to pick up tiny objects
Pulls to stand and cruises along furniture
Stands alone and takes several independent steps
Moves in and out of various positions to explore environment and get desired toys
Maintains balance in sitting when throwing objects
Claps hands

Senses (Sensory)

Enjoys listening to songs
Explores toys with fingers and mouth
Crawls to or away from objects baby sees in the distance

Communication

Meaningfully uses “mama” or “dada”
Imitates speech sounds
Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech
Responds to “no”
Responds to simple directions, e.g. “Come here”
Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing
Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication
Says one or two words
Begins using hand movements to communicate wants and needs, e.g. reaches to be picked up

Feeding

Feeds self with fingers
Eating an increasing variety of food
Begins to use an open cup
Ready to try soft-cooked vegetables, soft fruits, and finger foods (banana slices, cooked pasta)
Might be ready to start self-feeding with utensils
Enjoys a greater variety of smells and tastes

Symptom Checklist : Picky eating

Sensory Difficulties

Limits themselves to certain food types sweet, savoury, sour, salty
Finds that people/places smell very offensive
May avoid places due to smells
Smells things others are not aware of
Difficulties with speech
Difficulties with textures
Difficulties with lumpy foods.

Oral Motor Difficulties

Food falling out of mouth while trying to eat
Difficulty chewing
Difficulty learning to eat table and finger foods as a baby and toddler
Mashes food with tongue
Sucks on food instead of chewing
Will hold food in mouth, sometimes for hours (often referred to as “pocketing food”, there are other reasons children do this, as well)
Gagging on food after its been in mouth (not immediately or at the sight of food.
Mouth is often in an open position
Tongue hangs out of mouth
Difficulty sticking tongue out
Never chewed on toys or teethers as a baby

Negative experiences around eating

Force Feeding
Power struggles with parents
Negative attitude towards food
Parents adult shown stress and frustration during feeding times
Bribing children to eat

Medical Issues

Upset stomach
Liver difficulties
Ear infection
Motion sickness
On medications
Mineral deficiencies

Symptom Checklist : Sensory

Sound

Overreacts to loud noises or unexpected noises
May put hands over ears to protect from sounds
May not be able to carry out activities when tv or music is playing
Doesn’t respond when you call their name
Makes a lot of funny/strange noises/humming
Dislikes assembly’s and lunch times in the hall
Telling other pupils to be quiet
Misses verbal directions from the teaching staff

Vision

Always wants the blinds or curtains closed
Picks very bright clothes and /or lots of patterns
Often picks out finer details in objects or pictures that others don’t notice
Struggles to find objects that are easy to find by others
Makes a lot of funny/strange noises/humming
Dislikes environments with bright lighting
Appears to miss parts of schoolwork
Doesn’t hold eye contact
Constantly watching others if they get up to walk around a room

Oral/Smells

Chewing inedible objects
Picky or resistant eater
Limits themselves to certain foods
Finds that people/places smell very offensive
May avoid places due to smells
Smells things others are not aware of
May bite tongue or chew lips
Difficulties with speech

Introception

Difficulty with self-regulation
Difficulties in recognising emotional state
Difficulties recognising emotions in others
Eats to the point of making themselves sick
Always hungry
Never hungry
Toileting problems
Unaware of when they are sick/tired

Moving and Positioning

Appears to be stiff
Always fidgeting
Dislikes PE may always appear to have forgot PE kit
Dislikes sports/team games
Unable to stand for long periods of time
Leans on people or props themselves up to support weight
Stomps around or walks very loudly
Loves heavy objects placed on top of them
Constantly moving “On the GO
Low self-esteem and oppositional traits
Pacing around
Rocking in a chair while sitting or when standing still
Loves to climb and/ or engages in high risk behaviours
May fall on purpose or slide off furniture
Appears to fall over a lot and loose balance
Appears clumsy and will bump into others or objects

Touch

Hates having hair cut
Hates having fingernails cut
Must wash hands straight after messy activities
Poor spatial awareness
Seeks out touch
Never hungry
Stays at the side of the yard
Touches people or objects that much it annoys others
Is irritated by labels in clothes
May act emotionally when touched unexpectedly
Seems too aware of pain
Doesn’t seem to notice pain
Always wants to wear the same clothes
Fearful of showers
Dislikes hard towels/soft towels

Behaviour

Frequent meltdowns
Dislikes changes in plans or routines
Easily frustrated
Excessive use of computer games
Appears tired all the time
Dislikes groups of people

Symptom Checklist : Social Emotional Wellbeing

Social Emotional Wellbeing

Eating or sleeping too much or too little
Pulling away from people (Reduced social engagement)
Not engaging in your usual meaningful activities (Occupations)
Having low energy or no energy — flat and unmotivated
Feeling numb, like nothing matters or can't be bothered with anything
Having unexplained aches and pains
Feeling helpless, trapped or hopeless about the future
Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried, or scared
Fighting a lot with family and friends
Experiencing severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships with family or friends
Having upsetting thoughts and memories that you can't get out of your head
Hearing voices or believing things that are not true
Thinking of harming yourself or others
Difficulty perform daily tasks like taking care of your personal hygiene, or even getting in to school

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