Timeline

September 11, 2012- Born!

1 Week Old- Umbilical cord stump falls off

2 Weeks Old- First bath in the tub

6 Weeks Old- Begin smiling and cooing

1 Month Old- Begin using right hand intentionally

2 Months Old- Begin using left hand intentionally

2 Months Old (almost three)- Start daycare three days a week

3 Months Old- Begin to understand cause and effect

3 Months Old- Stop swaddling for naps and at night

4 Months Old- Move out of Mom and Dad's bedroom and begin sleeping upstairs in crib at night

4 Months Old- Baptism

4 Months Old- Begin laughing

4 Months Old- Discover feet

5 Months Old- Roll tummy to back

5 Months Old (one week shy of six months)- Two bottom front teeth begin to emerge

6 Months Old- Start eating solids

6 Months Old- Sit up on your own

6 Months Old- We discover your first "tickle spot" (rubbing your neck just above your collar bone)

7 Months Old- Sit in a restaurant high chair

7 or 8 Months Old- Crawls/scoots backwards regularly

8 Months Old- Rolls back to tummy

8 Months Old- Develops pincer grasp

8 Months Old- Rocks back and forth on hands and knees

8 Months Old (a few days shy of nine months)- Top two teeth begin to emerge

9 Months Old- Begin crawling

9 Months Old- Able to back in to a seated position from a crawling position

9 Months Old- Begin picking up food to eat (in addition to purees, etc.)

9 Months Old (a few days shy of 10 months)- Able to pull up to stand

10 Months Old- Begin cruising

10 Months Old- Intentionally putting objects inside other objects

10 Months Old- Able to find objects you cannot see by feeling around with your hand

10 Months Old- Master use of a sippy cup

11 Months Old- Start taking baths in the big tub

11 Months Old- Able to tell us animal sounds (sheep and turkey)

11 Months Old- Dances when music starts to play

11 Months Old- Gestures in the appropriate direction when hears a dog barking and says "Doh!"

13 Months Old- Start walking independently

14 Months Old- First word: Apple

16 Months Old- Mostly master use of a spoon

18 Months Old- First "big boy" hair cut

20 Months Old- Begin stringing words together, simple two word "sentences"