Prone Milestones

Question 1

1 month

Answer 1

clear airway, briefly lift head, physiologic flexion

Question 2

2 months

Answer 2

uses arms to lift head, briefly holds head asymmetrically > 45 degrees, cannot maintain head in midline

Question 3

3 months

Answer 3

uses forearms to lift head, elbows behind shoulders, unsustained head raising to 45 degrees, head in midline

Question 4

4 months

Answer 4

uses elbows to lift head, lifts and maintains head past 45 degrees, logrolling/rolling without rotation

Question 5

5 months

Answer 5

uses extended arms to lift head

Question 6

6/7 months

Answer 6

prone while reaching with forearm support, rolling with rotation

Question 7

7 months

Answer 7

assumes quadruped, pivoting

Question 8

8 months

Answer 8

propped sidelying, reciprocal crawling (commando), quadruped + reaching, modified 4 pt kneeling

Question 9

10-12 months

Answer 9

reciprocal crawling in quadruped (creeping)