development during first year of life
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Insights into the development that occurs during a child's first year of lifeTRANSCRIPT
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DevelopmenDevelopment During t During
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Weight Gain• Healthy babies
gain 1-2 lbs the first 6 months
• They gain about a pound per month during the last half of the first year
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Height•The average
height by one year is about 30 inches.
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Body Proportions
• Compared to adult proportions:– A baby’s head and
abdomen are LARGE
– A baby’s legs and arms are SMALL
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Your Child May Have a Hearing Problem If
He/She is…•Not startled by a sharp clap•Never turns toward signs•Not awakened by loud noises
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Your Child May Be Teething if…
•They do any of the Following:–Cranky–Restless and Wakeful–May Refuse Food –May Drool Excessively
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Bottom Front Teeth Are First to Come In
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Physical Development
proceeds from:
•head to foot (cephalo-caudal)
First baby’s lift their heads, then they learn to roll over
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Physical Development Proceeds from:
•Near to Far (Proximal-distal)Babies are able to
scoot their entire body to an object, wave at it, grab it, pick it up
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Motor skills—abilities that depend upon the use and
control of muscles
• Gross Motor skills are related to large muscles of the body
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Physical Development proceeds from…
Simple to Complex
Babies go from being fed, to eating with their own hands
Or feet
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Fine Motor Skills• Related to the small muscles of
hands and fingers• Some examples of fine motor skills
are coloring and drawing
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Locomotion
• A child has locomotion when it is able to move from one place to another
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Manipulation
• The ability to use hands and fingers to hold and grasp objects
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Handling a newborn
• It is important to remember that neck muscles are not developed, therefore, the head must be supported
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Babies will cry because he/she…
• Wants to be held• Has a soiled diaper• Is ill• Is hungry
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Ways to comfort a baby
• Sound—sing or talk to them; music• Motion—rocking chair, car or
stroller• Touch—hold or cuddle them, rub or
pat their back.Of course any combination of these
methods work well.
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Newborn’s eyes and vision
• Stare seems blank and uncomprehending
• Eyes blink separately of look in different directions
• There are no tears at first
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Sense of smell• A baby becomes sensitive to odors
during the first few days of life
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Shaken baby• Shaking a baby younger than two
years old creates a high risk of severe bleeding in the brain
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Feeding Baby
• Solid food should be introduced between the 6th to the 8th month
• Never Prop bay’s bottle:– Milk can gush into the mouth– Leads to digestive problems and ear
infections– Cause of “Bottle Mouth Syndrome”
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Feeding Baby cont.• Bottle-fed babies are more likely to be
overfed, as parents are tempted to urge the baby to “finish the bottle”.
• Babies will begin to eat with their fingers at 8 to 10 months old.
• Babies do not need to be put on low-fat diets or worry about cholesterol.