10-12 Month Milestones

• Motor Milestones
• Pulls to stand and cruises along furniture
• Stands alone and takes several independent steps
• Moves in and out of various positions to explore environment and get
desired toys
• Maintains balance in sitting when throwing objects
• Claps hands
• Releases objects into a container with a large opening
• Uses thumb and pointer finger to pick up tiny objects

• Enjoys listening to songs
• Explores toys with fingers and mouth
• Crawls to or away from objects baby sees in the distance

• Meaningfully uses “mama” or “dada”
• Responds to simple directions, e.g. “Come here”
• Produces long strings of gibberish (jargoning) in social communication
• Says one or two words
• Imitates speech sounds
• Babbling has sounds and rhythms of speech
• Pays attention to where you are looking and pointing
• Responds to “no”
• Begins using hand movements to communicate wants and needs, e.g.
reaches to be picked up

• Finger feeds self
• Eating an increasing variety of food
• Begins to use an open cup
• Ready to try soft-cooked vegetables, soft fruits, and finger foods
(banana slices, cooked pasta)
• Might be ready to start self feeding with utensils
• Enjoys a greater variety of smells and tastes