infancy 0-2 years

Question 1

fine motor skills

Answer 1

The use of fingers and hand, as an example, infants being able to grasp their parents’ fingers or suck them thumbs.

Question 2

gross motor skills

Answer 2

Are large movements in the body e.g. the arms and legs, are used when a baby is crawling.

Question 3

Innate Reflexes

Answer 3

Are available when the baby is born.

Question 4

rooting reflex

Answer 4

When a person brushes their finger across a baby’s face, he or she will turn their head towards it, and suck your finger or if breastfeeding it will start sucking your breast.

Question 5

grasp reflex

Answer 5

Stroke your finger in your baby’s palm and it should grasp onto your finger.

Question 6

Tongue-thrust Reflexes

Answer 6

If you touch a baby’s spoon onto the tip of their tongue it will push the spoon back out. The reflex helps them of choking on foreign objects.