Infant G&D
Birth weight doubles
What is an infant's weight at six months?
Feeding, comfort, stimulation, and caring needs are met
What is trust?
The first means of verbal communication
What is crying?
The most desirable complete diet during the first six months
What is breast milk?
Must be rear-facing until age two
What is an infant car seat?
Birth weight triples
What is an infant's weight at one year?
The most important social activity during the first 3-4 months
What is feeding (or food intake)?
Decreases by 12 months of age
What is crying and whining?
If still breastfeeding at four months, this mineral should be added to the diet
What is iron supplementation?
Requires protection of the child and education of the caregiver
What is injury prevention?
Can turn head from side to side when prone and lift head momentarily from bed
What is the head control of a one-month old infant?
The realization that objects that leave the visual field still exist
What is object permanence?
Consonants are beginning to form along with cooing, laughing, and gurgling
What sounds does a 3-4 month old infant make?
The age when pasteurized whole milk can be added to the infant's diet
What is 12 months?
Prevention of fire/electrical burns, suffocation/aspiration, poisoning, falls, bodily injury
In what ways can a parent promote home safety?
Picking up a raisin or small object
What is the pincer grasp?
Realization of causality and a recognition of an orderly sequence of events
What are primary circular reactions?
Must understand this in order to follow simple commands
What is the word "no"?
Solid foods can be added when this happens
What is maturing of the GI tract?
Inappropriate bedding surfaces, maternal smoking, co-sleeping, prone sleeping
What are risk factors for SIDS?
Head control is well established
What type of head control is evident at six months?
Use of previous behavioral achievements primarily as the foundation for adding new intellectual skills
What is the fourth sensorimotor stage?
The age when an infant knows what "dada" means
What is a 10-11 month old infant?
Should not exceed 4-6 ounces/day, and should be offered in a cup
What is juice?
Apnea, change in color, change in muscle tone, and choking/gagging/coughing, with or without CPR
What is an Apparent Life-Threating Event (ALTE)?