• ASQ 4 months

  • Child's Birthday*
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  • Communication Section

  • Does your baby chuckle softly?*
  • After you have been out of sight, does your baby smile or get excited when they see you?*
  • Does your baby stop crying when they hear a voice other than yours?*
  • Does your baby make high-pitched squeals?*
  • Does your baby laugh?*
  • Does your baby make sounds when looking at toys or people?*
  • Gross Motor

  • While your baby is on their back, do they move their head from side to side?*
  • After holding their head up while on their tummy, does your baby lay their head back down on the floor, rather than let it drop or fall forward?*
  • When your baby is on their tummy, do they hold their head up so that their chin is about 3 inches from the floor for at least 15 seconds?*
  • When your baby is on their tummy, do they hold their head straight up, looking around? (They can rest on their arms while doing this.)*
  • When you hold them in a sitting position, does your baby hold their head steady?*
  • While your baby is on their back, does your baby bring their hands together over their chest, touching their fingers?*
  • Fine Motor

  • Does your baby hold their hands open or partly open (rather than in fists, as they did when they were a newborn)?*
  • When you put a toy in their hand, does your baby wave it about, at least briefly?*
  • Does your baby grab or scratch at their clothes?*
  • When you put a toy in their hand, does your baby hold onto it for about 1 minute while looking at it, waving it about, or trying to chew it?*
  • Does your baby grab or scratch their fingers on a surface in front of them, either while being held in a sitting position or when they are on their tummy?*
  • When you hold your baby in a sitting position, do they reach for a toy on a table close by, even though their hand may not touch it?*
  • Problem Solving

  • When you move a toy slowly from side to side in front of your baby’s face (about 10 inches away), does your baby follow the toy with their eyes, sometimes turning their head?*
  • When you move a small toy up and down slowly in front of your baby’s face (about 10 inches away), does your baby follow the toy with their eyes?*
  • When you hold your baby in a sitting position, do they look at a toy (about the size of a cup or rattle) that you place on the table or floor in front of them?*
  • When you put a toy in their hand, does your baby look at it?*
  • When you put a toy in their hand, does your baby put the toy in their mouth?*
  • When you dangle a toy above your baby while they are lying on their back, does your baby wave their arms toward the toy?*
  • Personal-Social

  • Does your baby watch their hands?*
  • When your baby has their hands together, do they play with their fingers?*
  • When your baby sees the breast or bottle, do they seem to know they are about to be fed?*
  • Does your baby help hold the bottle with both hands at once, or when nursing, do they hold the breast with their free hand?*
  • Before you smile or talk to your baby, do they smile when they see you nearby?*
  • When in front of a large mirror, does your baby smile or coo at themself?*
  • Overall

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