Month 5

Increased flexor control against gravity¹

Feet to hand and mouth¹⁴, flexion hips to 180 degrees¹

Reaches for feet using trunk control, weight shift sideways, feet to mouth with hips off floor, both hands to one foot¹

Roll to side-lying, initiate roll with arm or leg^1,6

Lower extremities no longer mirror upper extremities¹

Use symmetrical and asymmetrical lower extremity movement¹

Bridges – symmetrically extends hips, lifting pelvis with feet flat on floor⁶

Disassociation of upper extremity and lower extremity, and between two lower extremities¹

Alternating flexion and extension of lower extremity¹

Hip adduction and knee extension increasing¹

Head flexion associated with trunk and hip flexion¹