Motor Development and Self-Help Skills Milestones

Motor Development & Self-Help Skills Milestones

Sigfried M. Pueschel, Editor
A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome: Toward a Brighter Future. Chapter 10: Developmental Expectations: An Overview by Claire D. Canning and Siegfried M. Pueschel, pp. 97 & 99
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**Developmental milestones in children**
	Children with Down syndrome		"Normal" children
	Average	Range	Average	Range
	(months)	(months)	(months)	(months)
Smiling	2	1½-3	1	½-3
Rolling Over	6	2-12	5	2-10
Sitting	9	6-18	7	5-9
Crawling	11	7-21	8	6-11
Creeping	13	8-25	10	7-13
Standing	18	10-32	11	8-16
Walking	20	12-45	13	8-18
Talking, words	14	9-30	10	6-14
Talking, sentences	24	18-46	21	14-32

Acquisition of self-help skills in children
Children with Down syndrome "Normal" children

Average Range Average Range

(months) (months) (months) (months)

Eating

  Finger feeding 12 8-28 8 6-16

  Using spoon/fork 20 12-40 13 8-20

Toilet Training

  Bladder 48 20-95 32 18-60

  Bowel 42 28-90 29 16-48

Dressing

  Undressing 40 29-72 32 22-42

  Putting clothes on 58 38-98 47 34-58

**Acquisition of self-help skills in children**
	Children with Down syndrome	"Normal" children
	Average	Range	Average	Range
	(months)	(months)	(months)	(months)
Eating
Finger feeding	12	8-28	8	6-16
Using spoon/fork	20	12-40	13	8-20
Toilet Training
Bladder	48	20-95	32	18-60
Bowel	42	28-90	29	16-48
Dressing
Undressing	40	29-72	32	22-42
Putting clothes on	58	38-98	47	34-58


	Revised: November 24, 1998.