Child Motor & Social Developmental Milestones, Social Smile, Pincer Grasp, Blocks, Parallel Play mnemonic

Child Motor & Social Developmental Milestones (first 24 months)

2-3 months: appearance of social smile
6 months:
- Rolls over [The "6" is rolling into it's upright position]
- Sits with pelvic support [Parental hand supports the 6's pelvis]
- First tooth appears [1 fang]
- Simple 1-vowel sounds ["Yipeeee"]
9 months:
- Sits with back straight [The back of the 9 is straight]
- Pincer grasp starts to develop, and is completed at 12 months [pincer hands and "9pince12"]
- Plays peek-a-boo [Peeks and scares ("boos") by taking out the eyeball]
12 months:
- Plays ball [Basketball]
- Says one word ["Word!"]
- Walks with one hand held [parent holding by the hand as the 12 walks]
15 months:
- Walks without help
- Draws a line or scribbles [paintbrush]
- Points with finger [pointing at the snake]
- Is able to stack 3 blocks
- Crawls up the stairs [snake crawling up]
18 months: [18 walking down the stairs with 1 cane and parental helping hand]
- Walks downstairs one foot at a time [uses 1 as a cane] and parental help
- Drops a pellet [pellet dropping into a well]
- Favorite word is "no" [screaming "noooo" because lost it's pellet]
- Stacks 4 blocks
24 months:
- Vocabulary of 50 words, runs and opens doors [exits the time line by running out the door at 50 words per hour]
- Ties shoelaces [red shoelaces]
- Holds a spoon [the child is running away after stealing the spoon]
- Hops & takes part in parallel play [Roman numeral II - the two kids hop in parallel]