Turning On The Motor
As any parent can attest, children grow at their own pace. Some babies walk at eight months, others start at fifteen months. Some speak at a year, others a few months later. The step-by-step graphics throughout this issue, like the one below, track an average child’s development from zero to three. Please consider them a guide, not a dictum. Primitive relexes dominate a newborn’s movement. Place a nipple in his mouth and he will automatically suck....