physical growth patterns of infants (1 month- 1 year)

Question 1

1 Month growth patterns

Answer 1

Personal/Social: Looks at parent’s face; fixates, tracks, follows to midline; smiles responsively; prefers brightly colored objects

Fine Motor: Newborn reflexes present

Language/Cognitive: Prefers human female voice: responds to sounds; begins to vocalize

Gross Motor: Equal movements; lifts head; lifts head and chin (by 1 month)

Question 2

2 months growth patterns

Answer 2

Personal/Social: Smiles responsively; looks at faces

Fine Motor: Follows to midline

Language/Cognitive: Vocalizes making cooing or short vowel sounds; responds to a bell

Gross Motor: Lifts head; equal movements

Question 3

4 months growth pattern

Answer 3

Personal/Social: Smiles responsively; smiles spontaneously; stares at own hand

Fine Motor: Grasps a rattle; follows past midline; brings hands to middle of body

Language/Cognitive: Laughs and squeals out loud; vocalizes; makes “ooh” sounds

Gross Motor: Lifts head and chest 45 and 90 degrees when prone; head steady when sitting

Question 4

6 months growth pattern

Answer 4

Personal/Social: Reaches for toy out of reach; looks at hand; smiles spontaneously

Fine Motor: Looks at raisin placed on contrasting surface; reaches out; follows completely side to side

Language/Cognitive: Turns to rattle sound made out of vision on each side; squeals; laughs

Gross Motor: Rolls over both directions; no head lag; lifts head and chest completely

Question 5

9 months growth pattern

Answer 5

Personal/social: Feeds self finger foods; tries to get toys; looks at hands

Fine motor: Transfers; rakes a raisin or Cheerio; picks up and holds a small object in each hand

Language/cognitive: Imitates sounds; says single syllables; begins to put syllables together

Gross motor: No head lag; sits without support; stands holding onto furniture

Question 6

12 months growth pattern

Answer 6

Personal/Social: Plays pat-a-cake; feeds self; works to get a toy

Fine Motor: Developed pincer grasp; bangs objects together; picks up two cubes

Language/Cognitive: Jabbers; combines syllables; mama/dada is nonspecific

Gross Motor: Stands briefly without support; gets to sitting position; pulls to stand