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July 29, 2016

Gross Motor Milestones: infant (0-3 months old)

Infant prone     supine     prone

Gross Motor Milestones: infant (0-3 months old) 

Supine (Laying on his/her back)
* Turns his/her head from side to side
* Rolls from his/her side to back
* Kicks legs one at a time
* Holds head in the middle to look at you
* Begins to bring hands together and to his/her mouth

Prone (Laying on his/her tummy)
* Turns his/her head from side to side to clear face from the surface
* Lifts his/her head up from the surface
* Begins to prop up on forearms to lift head higher than before

Upright
* Lifts his/her head when held up at your shoulder
* Begins to hold head up in supported sitting

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