Sleeping
What is essential for growth and development?
Sleep
What is changing from drinking from the bottle/breast to a cup?
Weaning
What is a gross motor skill?
When you use your larger muscles.
When do the infants first check-ups occur?
Within a day of birth
What month can a baby support its own neck?
4 months
What is one of the best ways to help a baby calm down and go to sleep?
A consistent bedtime routine.
What is inadequate nutrition?
Malnutrition
How many reflexes are there?
Six
the small amount of dead or weakened disease- carrying germs given so that the body may build resistance to the disease
Immunization
What should a parent / caregiver be sure to support when holding a baby?
The head and neck
Do all infants sleep the same?
True or False?
False
What is a condition for yellowish, crusty, patches on the scalp?
Cradle Cap
What is a fine motor skill?
The disease - carrying germ that usually is injected into the body
Vaccine
What side should a baby be placed on?
Their back
How should babies be placed when put to bed?
Face up
What is a condition that includes patches of rough, red, irritated skin in the diaper area?
Diaper rash
What is the grabbing finger reflex?
When an object, such as the finger of an adult, is put in an infant's palm, the finger of the infant reflexively grasp the. object.
What do the doctors track from the baby's exams
Growth and development
What should parents / caregivers pay most attention to?
How they handle the baby
The amount of time that a baby spends sleeping increases greatly during the first year
True or false?
False
What is the. essential part of a baby's wardrobe?
Diapers
What is hand-eye coordination?
The ability to move hands and fingers precisely in relation to what is seen.
Doctor / Pediatrician
What does "SIDS" stand for?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome