Peds Flashcards
birth-2 years
infancy
1 year
toddler
Child uses sensory info to cue movement
Use movement to explore (make sure environment is safe)
infancy
Up to puberty
Self centered (does not like to be told no, mine- sharing is issue
childhood
2 years- 10 female
2 years-12 male
childhood
10-18 female, 12-20 male
adolescence
physiological flexion (newborn governed by reflexes)
Curled up in ball
Begin head control and straightening of body
Tummy time - get out of flexed posture (help create curvature in lordotic spine and gain head control)
No tummy time= does not get extension
newborn
Doctors doing SIDS: want kids to sleep supine not on stomach
Need tummy time to strengthen cervical extensors to get lordotic curve in Cervical spine
Risk of supine: plagiocephaly (asymmetrical head)
Prone forces bilateral strengthening of cervical extensors
newborn
Prop up on forearm in prone
3 months
Head control (no head lag when pulled to sit)
4 months
Roll segmentally supine to prone
6-8 months
Prone to supine
2-4 months
supine to prone
4-6 months
independent sitting
6-8 months
creep/ crawl reciprocal
pulls up to stand
8-9 months
cruising, mod plantigrade
10-11 months