Newborn Basics
This term describes a baby from birth to 1 month old.
What is a neonate?
Newborns need special support for this part of the body when being held.
What is the head and neck?
This type of language means babies can understand language before they can form words.
What is receptive language?
This is the emotional connection between a child and caregiver.
What is attachment?
Newborn nutrition must be in this form because babies are learning to suck and swallow.
What is liquid?\
This scale is given at one and five minutes after birth to assess a newborn.
What is an apgar scale?
This type of motor skill includes holding the head up, rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking.
What is gross motor skills?
Babies begin to learn language during this period, even before birth.
What is before birth / in the womb?
This type of anxiety involves distress when a baby is left with a stranger.
What is separation anxiety?
Newborns should be placed on their ______ to sleep.
What is back?
This assessment measures a baby's reflexes and responses to stimuli.
What is the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Association?
This developmental pattern means infants gain control of the muscles at the core of their bodies before the muscles farther away.
What is proximodistal development
Around 2–4 months, babies begin doing this
What is cooing?
This term describes a baby's unique individual differences in the way they interact with the world.
What is temperament
This condition involves brain injuries caused by shaking a baby.
What is shaken baby syndrome?
Name three things the Apgar scale evaluates.
What is:
heart rate
respirate rate
muscle tone
body color
reflexes
This type of motor skill includes reaching and grasping.
What is fine motor skills?
At around 6 months, babies begin doing this type of vocalization.
What is babbling?
This type of play occurs when a baby observes and focuses on an object or activity.
What is unoccupied play?
Newborns sleep most of the ______ and ______.
What is day and night?
What is the difference between a neonate and an infant?
Explain what happens to a baby's physical abilities as they move from newborn to later infancy.
Progress from needing support for their head and neck to eventually being able to sit, crawl, stand, climb, and walk
Explain why interaction is important for infant language development.
Interaction is necessary for babies to learn language and helps develop strong brain pathways
Explain how attachment affects an infant's relationship with caregivers.
attachment is the emotional connection between the child and caregiver. Infants prefer to be around parents and caregivers, and seperation anxiety can be a sign that the child has attached to the caregiver
Explain why infants must be protected from falls and head injuries.
The brain develops rapidly during infancy, and the presentation specifically states that infants must be protected from falls and other head injuries because jostling the brain can cause swelling and damage.