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MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

Attention, facial expression, irritability and disposition
should be considered.

Six Months

Child sits unsupported for a few minutes.... Balances head....
Eye follows a bright object.... Looks in direction of an
unexpected sound.... Child seizes an object and holds it....

Twelve Months

Stands and walks with support.... Makes a few sounds, such as
mam-mam, da-da, co-oo.... Plays with toys.... Attempts to use
paper and pencil.... Shows interest in pictures.... Clings to
mother....

Eighteen Months

Child walks and runs alone.... Says a few words, such as Mama,
Papa, Baby.... Points to common objects in pictures....
Imitates a few simple movements, such as placing hands on head
or clapping hands....

Two Years

Runs.... Repeats two or three words.... Knows features....
Obeys simple commands, such as "Throw me the ball".... Imitates
movements....

Two and One-Half Years

Talks in short sentences.... Knows names of members of the
family.... Roughly copies a circle.... Recognizes self in
mirror.... Imitates more complex movements....

Three Years

Talks distinctly.... Repeats sentences of six simple words....
Repeats up to two numerals--meaning repeats first one numeral
and then two numerals.... Enumerates objects in a complex
picture and attempts to describe it....

Four Years

Knows its sex.... Names familiar objects, such as key, knife,
etc..... Repeats three numerals.... Compares two sticks (can
select the longer).... Distinguishes the longer of two
lines....

Five Years

Compares weights and lengths.... Copies a square.... Counts
four pennies.... Describes a picture....

Breakfast:--(7 to 8 o'clock) Oatmeal, hominy or cracked wheat (cooked
three hours), served with milk, a little salt but very little sugar. A
soft egg, boiled, poached, or coddled. Stale bread and butter. One glass
of warm milk. At 10 o'clock, the juice of one orange.

Dinner:--(12 o'clock) Strained soup, four ounces. Chop, roast beef,
steak, chicken, small quantity of any one. Baked potato and cooked rice,
or spaghetti. A selection of green vegetables may be made from asparagus
tips, string beans, peas, spinach, cauliflower, carrots; they sh