12 Months of Milestones

I was looking back through Toby’s monthly updates and realized it’s difficult going through each one to look up his milestones, so I thought it would be best to include them all in one post.  It really is a miracle how much “stuff” happens the first year.    Now we’re just waiting for all the baby talk and babbles to become words we actually understand :)

Months One-Four:

• Started to find fingers/hands – 1 month
• Smiling – close to 2 months
• Putting weight on legs while standing – 2 months
• Grabbing toys – 2.5/3 months
• Giggling/laughing – 3 months
• Rolling from tummy to back – 3 months (9/19/12)
• Cooing/Babbling – 3.5 months
• Rolling from back to tummy – 3.5 months (10/10/12)
• Grabbing feet – almost 4 months
• Bringing toys to mouth – 4 months

Months Five-Eight:

• Tried first food – pears – 4.5 months (11/3/12)
• Sitting with assistance – 4.5 months
• Making “k” noises – 4.5 months
• First tooth – bottom front left – 5.5 months (12/3 or 12/4/12)
• Slept straight through the night – 5.5 months (12/4/12)
• Scooting – 5.5 months
• Sitting on own without assistance – right before 6 months
• Sitting in shopping carts and restaurant high chairs – 6.5 months
• Started to get up on knees and rock back and forth – 7 months
• Stopped using a pacifier – 7 months
• Sitting up in crib – 7.5 months (1/27/13)
• Army crawling – 7.5 months (1/28/13)
• Crawling on knees with belly off the ground – 7.5 months (few days after army crawling started)
• Pulling himself up using couch, ottoman, etc – close to 8 months
• Standing in crib – close to 8 months (2/13/13)
• Babbling more - 8 months
• Cruising – 8.5 months
• Climbing up stairs – 8.5 months
• Using pincher grasp to bring puffs to mouth - close to 9 months

Months Nine-Twelve:

• Using push walker to take steps – 9.5 months
• Waving – 10 months
• Clapping – 10.5 months (5/1/13)
• Took first steps – right before 11 months (5/13/13)
• Walking long distances – 11.5 months
• Learned how to stand himself up in the middle of the room by pushing up on the ground – 12 months

Wow, looking at this list, I can’t believe how much happened during his middle months!  Makes sense, though, as that time frame was most definitely my favorite.  Seeing him interact more with toys, sit on his own, and then start to become mobile (without getting into too much stuff yet) was so much fun.  Do things slow down at all the second year or just keep flying by as fast?!