Child Development Stages
As your child grows and matures he follows along a certain sequence of child development stages.
Although your child learns at his own pace and he may reach his development stages sooner than others,
he learns to conquer one stage and then move on to the next stage.
These child development stages are sometimes referred to as developmental milestones.
Parents who are aware of their child's development stages have realistic expectations as to what their
child can and cannot do.
Knowledge in developmental stages of your child can also take some of the guesswork and frustration out
of parenting.
It is also fun to watch your child conquer child development stages and move on to the next phase in his
growth and development.
Stages of child development in terms of your baby’s physical development can follow this sequence of events;
- He learns to lift his head when lying on his belly
- Eventually he can bear weight on his outstretched arms
- One day he rolls over on his back
- Then he can roll into a sitting position
- He then is strong enough to roll into a squatting position
- From that squatting position he eventually begins to crawl…and so on.
Your baby typically follow this sequence of development stages, but not all babies will crawl at
the same age, but babies typically won’t learn to crawl until after they have learned to sit.
You can support your infant’s physical development by allowing him enough ‘tummy time’ to allow
him to develop the muscles in his neck that will give him the ability to lift his head.
If your baby spends the majority of his time in car seats, baby seats, swings or bassinets, he
won’t have opportunities to work on these important physical development stages.
Your baby’s language development also follows a sequence of child development stages. He learn
to coo in response to your voice or someone else's' voice.
Eventually that cooing develops into an attempt at imitating sounds he hears. He then begin to
say words meaningfully such as 'da-da'. And then he begins to combine words together.
You can encourage your child’s language development by speaking in simple direct terms to him …but avoiding baby talk.
You should also model polite speech so that he will naturally copy saying please, thank you and
excuse me.
And
read to him often. He may not understand everything on the page, but he can still enjoy the
story and it is an excellent way to spend time with him and build his vocabulary.
His language comprehension develops at an incredible rate by the time he is two years. And the
more he is spoken to the more he understands and eventually, the more he will learn to say.
The vocabulary of your average two-year-old is up to 200 words.
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