Prone GM

Neonate

Head elevates to clear face and reposition it.

Flexor bias of trunk and extremities (physiological flexion)

1 Month

Head rotates when placed face down on surface

Lifts head off surface momentarily

Physiological flexion but not as flexed as at birth

Head droops in ventral suspension, momentarily lifts to plane of body

2-3 Month

Elbows in line with shoulders for forearm support

Lift head to 45 degrees sustained/ to 90 degrees momentarily

Posture with pelvis flat on surface

4-5 Month

Props on forearms

One arm extended (forearm support position)

Weight-shifting to free arm and reach with one hand

Props on hands with extended arms(in hand support)

Pivot Prone

6-7 Month

Elevates trunk with elbow extension

May rock on hands and knees

Belly crawing

Rolls to supine

8-9 Month

Transitions in and out of sitting to quadruped or prone

Pulls to stand with support

Creeping

10-11 Month

Pull to stand by rolling up over feet

Pulls to stand through half kneeling

12 month

Stands up through quadruped