growth milestones
Progress checkpoints tracked
Growth milestones are developmental markers that children typically reach by certain ages—sitting up, walking, speaking first words, and so on.
Pediatricians track these to assess whether a child is developing normally: She's hitting all her growth milestones.
The term extends to any measurable stages of progress: The startup celebrated reaching key growth milestones in its first year.
- pubertySexual development stage
- walkTravel on foot
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- language acquisitionDeveloping communication ability
- fine motor skillsSmall muscle control ability
self-regulation · first words · abstract thinking · gross motor skills · roll · sitting up · emotional expression · stand · potty training · terrible twos · object permanence · stranger danger · empathy · memory recall · social bonding · parallel play · separation anxiety · toddle
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, pediatric care, well-child visit
growth milestonesregression
Return to former state
deterioration · cognitive decline · atrophy · degeneration · setbacks
growth milestonesstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
arrested development · failure to thrive · developmental delays · stunted growth · plateau