MASTERED SKILLS - most babies can:
• Stand alone for a couple of seconds
• Cruise around the furniture
• Pick up an object with thumb and forefinger.

EMERGENCY SKILLS - may be able to:
• Walk a little if you hold his hands
• Walk pushing a trolley or sturdy toy
• Put simple shapes through a shape sorter
• Turn the pages of a board book.

ADVANCED SKILLS - a few babies can:
• Walk by themselves (often it is lack of confidence that keeps a child from making his first independent steps)
• Say a few words other than ‘mama’ and ‘dada’
• May respond to simple questions or understand simple instructions