Developmental Stages

Following are the developmental stages of your child. Select the stage that interests you from the pulldown menu.


Platypus (Non Mobile Babies)
The new born infant has at birth over 500 pairs of muscles already in working order, but still very much a creature whose movements are dominated by inbuilt reflexes. The infant roots for the nipple, can grab a finger placed in his palm and withdraw from painful stimuli and cries, stretches out a hand when the head is turned. Infants can already right their head or body and throw all limbs out in a startled reaction or collapse into a foetal position. They will even step if held upright and supported. New born babies present an important reflex called 'push-away' reflex. It makes them straighten their legs when their soles are touched; subsequently it causes a push forward motion. Which explains why you can sometimes find your new born on his tummy moving forwards up to the end up of his cot! This push away reflex stimulates your infant to get ready for one of the most important developmental stages: crawling. However clever we think our newborn is, these reactions are purely reflex movements, but also the basis for learning and for performing their skills. Each reflex has its role to play in your child's development. Over the next few months our infant will learn to use these reflexes and master them. These uncoordinated haphazard reflexes will become deliberate actions and conscious movements. The more these reflexes are used the better your child’s brain will grow to increase his learning abilities.