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Motor Skills/Reflexes

Motor Skills/Reflexes. Patterns of Development. Head to foot: baby’s head takes lead development, sit, crawl, walk Near to far: starts at trunk and move outwards. Wave arms, grab object with hands, pick up with thumb and finger Simple to complex : simple tasks first. Rooting Reflex.

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Motor Skills/Reflexes

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  1. Motor Skills/Reflexes

  2. Patterns of Development Head to foot: baby’s head takes lead development, sit, crawl, walk Near to far: starts at trunk and move outwards. Wave arms, grab object with hands, pick up with thumb and finger Simple to complex: simple tasks first

  3. Rooting Reflex • Automatic response, when touched on lips or cheek, of turning toward touch and beginning to suck. • Helps baby find food • Stops at about 4 months of age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0CLcNtOOEQ

  4. Grasp Reflex • hand closes over anything that comes in contact with palm • VERY strong • Weakens at 3 months of age • Disappears by 1 year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urLPIZp7MUI

  5. Startle Reflex • Response to loud noise or touch to stomach • Legs and arms extended then pull back • Disappears at 5 months old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhOleckx1-Y

  6. Motor Skills • Most development during 1st year is in motor skills • Depend on use and control of muscles • What is the infant’s first motor skill? • Page 258

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