Child Development

Month 5

Pull to Sit

Initiates with head flexion, lifts head, tucking chin^1,14
Assists with trunk flexion^1,14
Arms and legs flexed^1,14

Series of 3 photos of infant of pull-to-sit. Mom gasps infant's hands, infant initiates by flexing head

Figure 5.4.1

Initiates pull-to-sit with head flexion, tucks chin; assists with abdominals; upper extremity and lower extremity flexion

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