Infancy 1-12 months Flashcards
Infancy
-1-3 months
Social smile at 6 weeks
Stretch, kick, and move their arms around
Open fist and bring hands to midline
Can push up their arms and lift their head in prone
Follows parents with eyes and start cooing
Infancy
- 4-6 months
Rolls from prone to supine and vice versa
Reach for objects and put them in their mouths
Plays with feet
Transfers toy from one hand to another
Infancy
- 4-6 months con’t
Laughs more and start forming a strong attachment to the parents
Uses hands to support self while sitting
Make noises in front of mirror
Progress from cooing to babbling
Most primitive reflexes integrated
At 4-6 months of infancy what do babies have more control of?
Postural control
What can babies do at 6 months?
Sit upright with support (2 hand support)
Development of lumbar lordosis
Infancy
- 7-9 months
Sitting w/o support
Begins alternate leg and arm movements (crawling/creeping)
Pull to kneeling and pulls to standing
Bear walking
Reaches for toys in sitting w/o falling
Imitates others’ actions
At 7-9 months there is an increase in what?
Trunk control
If a baby is unable to sit independently at 2 years old what could that indicate?
May be unable to walk
Infancy
- 10-12 months
Cruises along furniture
Stand independently with legs apart and arms out and overhead
Throw objects while maintaining balance in sitting
Transitions smoothly in and out of positions
Infancy
- 10-12 months con’t
Mature pincer grasp
Clasps hands
Pointing to a desired object
Respond to ‘no’
Where is the babies COG by 10-12 months?
L1
Pincer grasp occurs during 10-12 months because?
Started developing when they are sitting up independently
During infancy from 10-12 months what can a baby do?
Take its first steps independently
