Real family data
What babies have actually done by month 5
For each milestone, the share of babies whose families had recorded it by the end of month 5. Real entries, not textbook ranges.
- First smile98.8%
- First laugh96.2%
- Rolling over91.7%
- Sleeping through the night75.4%
- First solid food54.6%
- Sitting up36.4%
- First tooth19.7%
- Saying mama6.7%
- Saying dada6.4%
- Crawling3.9%
- Standing up1.2%
- First steps0.4%
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