Developmental Milestones
9 Months
Skill Areas
Social & Emotional
- May be afraid of strangers
- May be clingy with familiar adults
- Has favorite toys
Language & Communication
- Understands “no”
- Makes a lot of different sounds like “mamamama” and “bababababa”
- Copies sounds and gestures of others
- Uses fingers to point at things
Cognitive (Learning, Thinking, Problem-Solving)
- Watches the path of something as it falls
- Looks for things she sees you hide Plays peek-a-boo
- Puts things in his mouth
- Moves things smoothly from one hand to the other
- Picks up things like cereal o’s between thumb and index finger
Movement/Physical Development
- Stands, holding on
- Can get into sitting position
- Sits without support
- Pulls to stand
- Crawls
Red Flags
- Doesn’t bear weight on legs with support
- Doesn’t sit with help
- Doesn’t babble (“mama”, “baba”, “dada”)
- Doesn’t play any games involving back-and-forth play
- Doesn’t respond to own name
- Doesn’t seem to recognize familiar people
- Doesn’t look where you point
- Doesn’t transfer toys from one hand to the other
This information is meant to be a guide and may not accurately reflect an individual child’s development in all cases. If concerned about your child’s development, please raise your concerns with your child’s doctor.
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