Milestones of Development

2005
May 2 - Birth Day
May 5 - First sponge bath
May 6 - First ride in the car; home from the hospital

June - 1 month: First smile

July - 2 months
July 3 - First sail
July 9 - Puts feet in ocean for first time

August - 3 months: Razzes, grabs, babbles, holds rattle longer, grabs feet, giggles
August 6 - Baptised
August 7 - Plays with toys on activity bar for first time, sleeps in crib
August 15 - First walk in jogging stroller
August 18 - First razzberry

September - 4 months: Uses forefinger and thumb, laughs outloud, reaches for everything, sits up propped
September 1 - Sleeps 9 hours in crib
September 3 - Rolls to side from back
September 9 - Plays with all stations in Learn n' Groove
September 26 - Turns to name

October - 5 months: sits up, stands with support, looks for dropped toy, passes block from one hand to the other
October 5 - sits up for first time unsupported
October 21 - first tooth cut through
October 22 - first bites of solid food;
rice cereal-yumm

November - 6 months: sleeps through the night

December - 7 months: first swimming lesson, 2 new top and 1 bottom tooth

2006
January - 8 months: picks up tiny objects, advances to intermediate swim, pushes to sitting from tummy

February - 9 months: (12th) crawls for first time, pulls to standing

May - 12 months: surfs for first time, advances to advanced swim

July 9 - 14 months: (9th) Stands for first time and takes three steps

September - 16 months: (4th) Walks backward

October - 17 months: climbs on ladder bridges, floats on
back 10sec+, swims using kicking and arms, first kiss by
first girlfriend 'Madison' from Huntington Beach

Growth
Birth - Height 20.5" Weight 7lbs 10oz
2mo - Height 24" Weight 13lbs 5.2oz
3mo - Height 24.75" Weight 15lbs 10oz
4mo - Height 25.75" Weight 19lbs
5mo - Height 27" Weight 19lbs
6mo - Height 27.5" Weight 20lbs
7mo - Height 28.25" Weight 20lbs 4oz
8mo - Height 29" Weight 20lbs 10oz
9mo - Height 29" Weight 21lbs 10oz
10mo - Height 29.25" Weight 21lbs 10oz
11mo - Height 29.5" Weight 22lbs 5oz
16mo - Height 30.5" Weight 23lbs 4oz
17mo - Height 32" Weight 24lbs

Anthology of Communication
8mo - Dada
9mo - Mom, Nana, nahnah (eat)
14mo - car, yes, no, this, that, uh?, yeah
15mo - uh oh, juice
16mo - dump truck, shoes, shower, kisses, shovel, fish, tractor, sun, those - also signs 'eat' and 'more' and shakes head for 'no' ; knows owl says 'hoo hoo'
17mo - dog dog, kitty kitty kitty, stairs, door, trash truck, digger, Mama, there it is, up, down, stop, whee, wow - signs 'please' and 'all done', knows cow says 'moo' ,
18mo - choo choo, (motor or bi)cycle cycle, Papa, dog says 'bow wow', signs 'potty' and 'open'

::: Last Updated May 15, 2008 :::