Baby doing tummy time to help their primitive reflexes

Primitive Reflexes effect on Development

Primitive reflexes are involuntary movements that help infants move from motor activity to controlled, purposeful movements.

Primitive Reflexes control infant movements and are crucial for a child’s development of sensory, motor, and cognitive skills as the child grows older. 

Primitive reflexes include: Moro, ATNR, STNR, Landau, Palmar, Rooting, Spinal Galant, TLR

Here are some tips to aid in the integration reflexes in your child:

  • Tummy time
  • Exploring their surrounding during the “creeping and crawling” stage
  • Bilateral movements
  • Balancing
  • Obstacle courses
  • Yoga poses
  • Ball games

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