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) .
Use your thumb, index finger and middle finger for this hold. No other fingers hold the pencil. Imagine pinching these three digits together, but not overly tightly, with the pencil in between. 2. Place the thumb pad to one side of the pencil. This side is the one closest to your body.