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Insights into the development that occurs during a child's first year of life

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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.