Savvy Statin Shopping. Let's go shopping. This edition of Staying Well focuses on how to be a savvy shopper in choosing a statin for your patients, a timely issue in light of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) new simvastatin warnings.
From around 18 months old, your toddler will probably hold a brush or pen with her whole hand, and make her marks by moving her arms around (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) . It won't be until your child is three years or older that she'll be able to hold a pencil in the writing position (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) .
At about age 6 months, infants can usually oppose the thumb in the grasping motion. Most infants can sit without support also around this age. By age 9 months, while sitting by themselves, infants should be able to self-correct posture when tilted to one side or the other, rather than just being tipped over.