Infant development

A member of staff holding a babyBirth-to-five development timeline

This is a guide to the milestones in your child’s development from birth to five years old. Use it to see when your child may gain certain skills and learn new things.

The ages given are averages and a lot of children will gain one skill earlier than another.

For more information please visit Baby's development - NHS


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