The lumbrical muscles do not attach to the proximal phalanx directly, but rather connect the tendons of flexor digitorum profundus (below, ie volar) to the extensor tendons (above, ie dorsal) and produce flexion by pulling on the extensor tendons as they pass over the proximal phalanx.
By the time they are 12 months old, most babies can weigh three times what they weighed at birth and gain about an inch per month in length. The average infant at one year may be between 2630 inches long. Social and Emotional Development-Infants respond when you say their name. They begin to fear strangers.
Five months to six months. By six months, your baby should be able to hold her head steady and upright. Her head shouldn't lag behind her body as you pull her up to sit (Harding 2014, Sheridan 2008: 58) .