Pregnancy
This stage lasts from 9 weeks to birth
What is the fetal stage?
A mother's abdomen/uterus being surgically opened and the baby removed
What is a cesarean section?
The stage of a baby’s development from one month to one year's age
What is infancy?
Infant directed, sing-song and high-pitched speech
What is parentese?
The ability to control oneself
What is self-restraint?
Healthy weight gain for a pregnant woman is ________.
What is 25-35 pounds?
The tightening or shortening of the uterus muscle
What is a contraction?
Failure to grow at a healthy rate
What is failure to thrive?
Learning by watching and copying others
Imitation learning
Toddlers may begin to experience nightmares as a way of dealing with ______.
What is anxiety?
A woman's physical health and age are part of ___________.
What are environmental factors?
The care a mother receives during the 6 to 8 weeks following the birth of her baby
What is postpartum care?
An abnormal response to a food triggered by the body's immune system
What is an allergy?
_____ and memory development aid toddlers' thinking
What is language?
When toddlers seek out and try to maintain proximity with a special caregiver
What is secure attachment?
Birth defects shown by incorrectly shaped blood cells
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
Baby descending into the pelvis during the last few weeks of pregnancy
What is lightening?
After two years, a child has a full set of deciduous teeth or ________.
Baby teeth
At this age, children say up to 500 words
24-36 months
Method in which parents can keep children safe and teach socially acceptable behaviors
What is setting limits?
Disorder which damages muscles that causes progressive weakness and death
What is Muscular Dystrophy?
The first stage of labor
What is dilation?
As infant growth slows, their ____________ decreases.
What is appetite?
An example of initiating pretend play
What is symbolic learning
Separation anxiety and playing alone on the floor would be the social-emotional developmental milestones for what age?
What is 12-18 months?