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) .
And by kindergarten, or age 5, a child should be using one hand for all fine motor tasks that require a hand dominance (i.e. holding a pencil, holding scissors, holding food utensils, etc). Gross grasp is usually the first step in the process of developing fine motor skills. And the grasp first starts without any conscious control as an infant. The palmar grasp reflex is present in newborns and lasts until about 5 months.