Infant Development
What is one way infants can communicate with adults without using their speech?
Sign Language
Name five ways to try to comfort a crying baby.
Walking or dancing with the baby, rocking the baby, bouncing the baby gently, holding the baby in a different position, and using white noise or offering a pacifier?
The safest location for a car seat is in this position within the car.
Center of the back seat
What are the two feeding options in the first 5 months of an infants life?
Bottle or Breast feeding
Give an example of something in the home that could be poisonous for an infant
Cleaning products, liquid laundry packets
Fine motor skill: Reaching for a toy, Playing with blocks, Shaking a rattle
Gross motor skill: Tummy time, Crawling
This syndrome occurs when an infant's head and neck are jostled back and forth with enough force to cause brain tissue damage.
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Children under this age should not sit in a seat with an airbag, even if it can be manually turned off.
12
2 hours
What is an example of a communicable disease in infants
Chicken Pox
Why is play important for infants?
Social Benefits:
Enhances feeling of acceptance of differences
Increases empathy, compassion and sharing
Improves touch & non verbal socialization skills
Enhances interpersonal relationships
Intellectual Benefits:
Increases efficiency of brain
Helps child adjust to the school setting and enhances learning readiness
Learning behavior
Improves problem solving skills
Name three injuries that can result from violent shaking of an infant.
What are brain bleeding, eye bleeding, and brain swelling?
List three toy safety measures to prevent accidents and injuries in children.
No non-toxic materials, avoiding small parts for young children, and avoid toys with sharp or rigid points and dangerous edges.
Introduce solid foods around this age to gradually expand a child's diet.
6 months
What are some common signs or symptoms of childhood illnesses?
fever, lack of energy
difficulty breathing
persistent cough
severe headache, dizziness
prolonged diarrhea
constipation, vomiting
anything not typical of child
What are characteristics of a stimulating environment for an infant?
An environment where a baby has a wide variety of things to see, smell, hear, and touch.
List three common activities that are NOT likely to cause Shaken Baby Syndrome.
What are bouncing a baby on your knee, tossing a baby in the air, and running or jogging with a baby?
In detail explain the safest way an infant should sleep.
The safest way for an infant to sleep is on their back, alone, in a crib with a firm, flat mattress, and no loose bedding or soft objects around them
Name 1 pro and 1 con for breast feeding
Name 1 pro and 1 con for bottle feeding
Breast feeding:
1. Saves money–free
2. No help with feedings
Bottle feeding:
1. Can involve others & share feeding duties
2. More expensive
What is a vaccination?
a weakened small amount of the disease so that the body might build up a resistance to it
We talked about the stages of psychosocial development which was started by Erik Erikson. Infants are in what stage of the cycle?
Trust vs.Mistrust
What are 3 longterm effects of SBS?
Severe brain damage
What are three ways you can reduce the risk of SIDS (SIUD)?
Have baby sleep on their BACK
Don’t put pillows, blankets & stuffed animals in crib with sleeping baby
Avoid exposure to tobacco smoke both during and after pregnancy
Use a firm, flat sleep surface, covered by a fitted sheet.
Have baby sleep in same room where you sleep until baby is at least 6 months old
Do not cover your baby’s head or allow your baby to get too hot
Implement lots of Tummy Time
Age range at which children typically begin self-feeding.
What is around 8-10 months
What is the poison control number?
800-222-1222