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===Height (length), weight (body mass) and head circumference===
===Height (length), weight (body mass), and head circumference===
 
 
 
 
==Neurologic development==
 
 
 
 
===Milestones===
 
 
 
 
====smiling====
 
 
 
 
 
====rolling over====
 
 
 
 
 
====sitting up====
 
 
 
 
====grasp (thumb and fingers)====
 
 
 
 
 
====crawling====
 
 
 
 
 
====standing up====
 
 
 
 
 
====walking====

Revision as of 14:06, 14 April 2007

Normal infant growth and development

Newborns

Normal fullterm newborn infants

Premature newborns

The concept of "gestational age"

"Small for gestational age" newborns

Physical size and growth

Height (length), weight (body mass), and head circumference

Neurologic development

Milestones

smiling

rolling over

sitting up

grasp (thumb and fingers)

crawling

standing up

walking