Your Baby's First Year
A 0–12 Month Milestone Checklist
A free, simple checklist to track your baby's development across five key areas — from their first eye contact to their first steps.
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Is This Checklist for You?
Whether it's your first month home or you're deep into the crawling stage, this checklist meets you where you are.
New Parents
You've just brought your baby home and want a clear sense of what's coming next.
Tracking Growth
You like having a simple way to notice and celebrate what your baby's learning.
Looking for Reassurance
You want to know what's typical for this stage, without falling down a Google rabbit hole.
Grandparents & Carers
You're hands-on in a little one's first year and want to understand what's unfolding.
What's Inside
Four stages, five areas of development each — a complete picture of your baby's first year.
Seeing & Looking
Visual focus, tracking and recognition
Hearing & Talking
Listening, sound-making and early communication
Touching & Holding
Hand skills, grip and exploration through touch
Movement
The vestibular sense, balance and movement through space
Motor Development
Head control, rolling, sitting, crawling and walking
Ready to Go Deeper?
This checklist tells you what your baby is working on. Our Stimulate Your Baby: Complete Series shows you exactly how to support it — with 20 expert-led video modules of practical, play-based activities covering all five developmental areas, from birth to 12 months.
Taught by Occupational Therapists Kate Bailey and Liz Senior, each stage comes with its own downloadable handout, and you get 18 months to watch at your own pace, on any device.
£59.99 for the complete series · a saving of £19.97 on buying each stage separately
“What your baby needs most is a parent who feels informed, confident, and connected — and that is exactly what these videos are designed to support.”See the Complete Series
— Kate Bailey, Occupational Therapist
Meet the Instructors
The Occupational Therapists behind the five developmental areas this checklist is built on.
Kate Bailey
Occupational Therapist
Kate Bailey is an Occupational Therapist specialising in early intervention, sensory processing differences, neuromotor challenges, learning differences, and autism. She draws on Ayres' Sensory Integration, Bobath neurodevelopmental therapy, and DIR/Floortime in her clinical work. Kate holds memberships with SAISI and SANDTA, the DIR/Floortime Profectum Trainers Certification, and is an Associate Faculty member of Profectum Academy USA. She is a board member and lecturer for SPOTlight Trust SA, and the founding member and practice manager of Therapy Connect.
Liz Senior
Occupational Therapist
Liz Senior is an Occupational Therapist and early childhood development specialist with over 30 years of experience. She founded a nationally recognised programme that grew to 68 franchises, where she led programme design, therapist training, course development, and parent education. Liz has also created the Kids Action Songs platform, where music and movement are intentionally designed to support development skills in young children. Liz is a mother of three and grandmother of four, and remains deeply passionate about helping children thrive through movement, play, and meaningful developmental experiences. Check out her music on Spotify.
Questions You Might Have
Is this a diagnostic tool?
No. It's a general guide to typical development, meant to help you notice and celebrate progress — not to diagnose or replace professional advice. If you're ever concerned, speak with your GP, health visitor, or a paediatric therapist.
What ages does it cover?
Birth to 12 months, broken into four stages: 0–3, 3–6, 6–9 and 9–12 months. Each stage covers five areas of development.
How much does it cost?
Nothing — it's completely free. Choose to download it directly, or join our community to also receive a welcome gift and occasional free resources.
What happens after I download it?
If you choose "just send me the resource," it opens straight away — no email required. If you choose "resource + community," it's emailed to you along with a welcome note and your 10% course discount code.
Do I need to buy anything?
Not at all — the checklist is free to keep either way. If you'd like to go deeper, our Stimulate Your Baby course series covers the practical "how" behind each milestone, and downloading this checklist gets you 10% off.
Can professionals use this too?
It's written for parents, but early years professionals and students are welcome to use it as a quick-reference guide.
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Track your baby's first year across five areas of development — print it, stick it on the fridge, tick it off as you go.
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