According to Freud, we go through stages of sexual development in the following order:

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According to Freud's theory of psychosexual development, individuals go through five stages in a fixed sequence: oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. In the oral stage (birth to 18 months), infants derive pleasure from sucking, biting, and chewing. In the anal stage (18 months to 3 years), children derive pleasure from defecating and withholding or expelling feces. In the phallic stage (3 to 6 years), children become aware of their gender and develop unconscious sexual desires for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex parent. In the latent stage (6 years to puberty), sexual impulses lie dormant, and children focus on developing social, cognitive, and physical skills. Finally, in the genital stage (puberty onward), sexual energy is redirected toward heterosexual relationships and procreation.

According to Freud, We Go Through Stages of Sexual Development