Your Child at 9 Months
How your child socializes, plays, learns, and communicates provide important clues about your child’s development. Developmental milestones are age-specific tasks and behaviors.
Use this Developmental Checklist to track your child’s progress.
Contact Honu Intervention with any questions or concerns about your developing child. You can also download this checklist here.
Physical
Crawls forward on belly
Moves to a sitting position without help
Creeps on hands and knees
Moves from a sitting to crawling or lying on stomach
Pulls to stand
Stands while holding onto a solid object
Communication
Makes a lot of sounds with inflection
Understands “no”
Imitates sounds and gestures of others
Responds to simple requests
Uses exclamations such as “uh-oh”
Uses gestures (pointing, hand leading, reaching)
Social
May be shy or anxious with strangers
Shows discomfort with caregivers leave
Has preference for toys
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Doesn’t crawl
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Cannot stand without support
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Has no single words (mama or dada)
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Doesn’t use gestures (reaching, shaking head, pointing)
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Is not interested in peek-a-boo
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Does not babble
Cognitive
Tracks a falling toy
Engages in social games (peek-a-boo)
Uncovers hidden toys
Imitates gestures
