Stages of Infant Development
What is Physical Development?
The process in which the body and bodily systems, as well as motor skills, develop.
Name three physical strategies for 0-3 months.
Encourage touch, have a crib mobile with objects of different colour, shape, and size, infant exercise or massage.
How can you provide a safe and healthy environment for a growing baby?
Parents need to establish the foundation of a healthy lifestyle, to be a role model for children, help infants and children learn to recognize healthy and unsafe choices.
Describe and list three symptoms of thrush.
It is a yeast infection of the mouth and consists of white patches in the front of the mouth, mouth pain, and difficulty feeding
Why is play described as the "work of children?"
It is through play that children begin developing their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and moral skills. Play consumes their time and provides opportunities to use their sense to learn about the world.
What is Cognitive Development?
The process in which a person learns to organize, identify, and understand information.
What are two cognitive developing milestones for 3-5 months?
Follows moving things with eyes from side-to-side and recognizes familiar people
What are four day care options available to caregivers when they return to work?
Family or friends, private day care or home-run private child care, public day care, in-home child care provider.
Describe cradle cap and provide two treatment/prevention strategies.
It is the overproduction of oil from the sebaceous glands that causes a scaliness or red rash to appear on a baby's head. You can wash the baby's head with mild baby shampoo regularly or apply natural oils.
What are three activities to maximize play time with your baby? *Double points if you can name all six*
Use animated facial expressions and voices when reading a story, use routines like bath time, lunch time, etc., introduce regular toy rotation, introduce blocks in a variety of colours and shapes, encourage bonding
What is Linguistic Development?
What are two linguistic strategies for 5-8 months?
Introduce sign language to help baby communicate, point to and name pictures and objects
What can Shaken-baby Syndrome (SBS) cause in sever cases? Name three causes. *double the points if you can name all six*
Slow heartbeat, bleeding inside one or both eyes, breathing troubles, broken bones, bruises, brain damage and seizures
Describe and list three symptoms of jaundice.
It is the inability of the liver to remove a chemical called bilirubin from the body. Symptoms include yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, drowsiness/lethargy, and difficulty feeding.
What are four cognitive benefits of play?
Categorizing objects, applying problem-solving skills, using symbols, developing memory
What is Social Development?
The process in which a person learns how to interact with others in a manner consistent with social standards.
Name three social developing milestones for 8-12 months.
Play games such as Pat-a-Cake, has favourite things and people, repeats sounds/actions to get attention
What do you think caregivers can do to help their baby learn to sleep through the night (five or more hours at a stretch?)
You may need to try to keep your baby awake more during the day to encourage him or her to sleep at night. You can keep your baby awake by interacting with them in a well lit environment, singing songs, telling stories, or engaging in tummy-time play.
Describe colic and provide three treatment/prevention strategies.
Causes excessive crying of an unknown cause and is sometimes associated with excessive gas build up in the stomach and intestines. You can try introducing lactose-free diet to baby and mother, try different carrying and holding positions, and seek support when caregiver needs a break
Between the ages of 6-12 months, babies can begin to eat a wide range of solid foods. List 5 nutritious foods you could give to a baby.
Bananas, squash, potatoes, mashed peaches/pears, rice, pasta, cereal, mashed/ground meats such as chicken or beef, mashed legumes such as lentils or chickpeas.
What is Emotional Development?
The process in which a person learns about and develops the ability to understand emotions, and learns to use words and other forms of communication to express feelings.
What are two emotional strategies for 5-8 months?
Exchange emotions with gestures and actions, respond promptly/appropriately to vocal and facial cues that represent emotion
How can you avoid doing harm to a child when you feel stressed? Name three strategies.
Place the infant in a safe space and walk away to calm down, call a family member or friend to come and watch the baby so you can take a break, practice stress-management techniques, such as taking a deep breath, counting to 10, or talking to a family member or friend to release your frustration.
What are two symptoms of allergies and two treatment/prevention strategies? *+200 points if you can also name the symptom and treatment/prevention for severe cases*
Symptoms: redness, itchiness, congestion, and swelling, skin rash *in severe cases, trouble breathing, tightening of the airways, drop in blood pressure*
Treatment: use doctor-prescribed pediatric antihistamines, avoid allergy triggers *in severe cases epinephrine (Epi-pen) needs to be accessible*
What is rickets? What are three sources of Vitamin D?
Rickets causes deformation of the bones.
Sources of Vitamin D: natural sunlight, vitamin D supplements, pasteurized cow's milk