Babies From Birth to One

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Babies From Birth to One

• Betty Connal, RN, MS
• SIDS Mid Atlantic
• 2700 S. Quincy St. Suite 220
• Arlington VA 22206
• 703-933-9100
• www.sidsma.org

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Babies

• Developmental Milestones
• Cognitive development for baby means the learning
  process of memory, language, thinking and
  reasoning.

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Babies

• A baby is learns to recognize the sound of moms
  voice. She is also learning to focus her vision
  from the periphery or the corner of her eyes to
  the center.

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Babies

• Language development is more than uttering sounds
  (babble), or mama/dada.

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• Listening, understanding, and knowing the names
  of people and things are all components of
  language development.

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• During this stage, your baby is also developing
  bonds of love and trust with you. The way you
  cuddle, hold, and play with your baby will set
  the basis for how he will interact with you and
  others.

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Babies

• Positive Parenting
• Talk to your baby. It is soothing to hear your
  voice.
• When your baby makes sounds, answer him by
  repeating and adding words. This will help him
  learn to use language.

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Babies

• Read to baby. This helps her develop and
  understand language and sounds.
• Sing to baby.
• Play music. This helps baby develop a love for
  music and math.

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• Praise baby and give him lots of loving
  attention.
• Spend time cuddling and holding baby. This helps
  her feel cared for and secure.
• The best time to play with baby is when hes
  alert and relaxed. Watch baby closely for signs
  of being tired or fussy so that you can take a
  break.

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• Parenting can be hard work! Take care of yourself
  physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is
  easier to enjoy your new baby and be a positive,
  loving parent when you are feeling good yourself.

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Babies

• Child Safety Firstmake sure that babys home is
  a safe place. Look around for household items
  that might present a possible danger to your
  baby. As a parent, it is your responsibility to
  ensure that you create a safe environment for
  your baby. It is also important that you take the
  necessary steps to make sure that you are
  mentally and emotionally ready for your new baby.
  Here are a few tips to keep your baby safe during
  her first year of life.

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Babies

• Never shake a baby.
• Newborn babies have very weak neck muscles that
  are not yet able to support their heads. If you
  shake your baby you can damage his brain and
  delay normal development.

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Babies and Safe Sleep

• Always place your baby to sleep on his or her
  back, on a firm mattress covered with only a
  tight fitting bottom sheet (no padded mattress
  tops or covers)
• Remove all loose and fluffy bedding from your
  babys sleep area. This includes pillows,
  blankets, quilts, comforters, bumper pads,
  sheepskins, stuffed toys and other soft products
• Never place your baby to sleep on a sofa,
  waterbed, pillow, soft mattress, or any other
  soft surface

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Babies and Safe Sleep

• Do not bed share with brothers, sisters or
  relatives other than the babys mother
• When using a crib, make sure it meets current
  safety standards, and that the mattress fits
  snuggly in the crib
• When using a portable crib or playpen, be sure to
  use only the mattress or pad provided by the
  manufacturer
• Be aware of all of the hidden hazards of adult
  beds for infants. These include the potential for
  entrapment between the bed, wall, headboard, bed
  frame or other object accidental suffocation in
  soft bedding overlaying and falls from the bed.

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• Place baby in a car safety seat every time he
  rides in the car. The safest place for his safety
  seat is in the back seat of the car. Children who
  are less than one year OR are less than 20 pounds
  should be placed in a rear-facing care seat.

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Babies

• To prevent your baby from choking, cut her food
  into small bites. Dont allow your baby to play
  with anything that may cover her face or is easy
  for her to swallow.
• Never carry hot liquids or food near your baby or
  while holding him.

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Babies

• Immunizations (shots) are important to protect
  your childs health and safety. Because children
  are susceptible to many potentially serious
  diseases, it is important that your child receive
  the proper immunizations.

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Babies at 3 months
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Babies at Seven Months

• Social and Emotional
• Enjoys social play
• Interested in mirror images
• Responds to other people's expressions of emotion
  and appears joyful often

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Babies at Seven Months

• Language
• Responds to own name
• Begins to respond to "no"
• Can tell emotions by tone of voice
• Responds to sound by making sounds
• Uses voice to express joy and displeasure
• Babbles chains of sounds

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Babies at Seven Months

• Movement
• Rolls both ways (front to back, back to front)
• Sits with, and then without, support on hands
• Supports whole weight on legs
• Reaches with one hand
• Transfers object from hand to hand
• Uses hand to rake objects

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Babies at Seven Months

• Vision
• Develops full color vision
• Distance vision matures
• Ability to track moving objects improves

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Babies at Seven Months

• Cognitive
• Finds partially hidden object
• Explores with hands and mouth
• Struggles to get objects that are out of reach

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Babies at One Year

• Social and Emotional
• Shy or anxious with strangers
• Cries when mother or father leaves
• Enjoys imitating people in his play
• Shows specific preferences for certain people and
  toys
• Tests parental responses to his actions during
  feedings
• Tests parental responses to his behavior
• May be fearful in some situations
• Prefers mother and/or regular caregiver over all
  others
• Repeats sounds or gestures for attention
• Finger-feeds himself
• Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed

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Babies at One Year

• Cognitive
• Explores objects in many different ways (shaking,
  banging, throwing, dropping)
• Finds hidden objects easily
• Looks at correct picture when the image is named
• Imitates gestures
• Begins to use objects correctly (drinking from
  cup, brushing hair, dialing phone, listening to
  receiver)

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Babies at One Year

• Language
• Pays increasing attention to speech
• Responds to simple verbal requests
• Responds to no
• Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for
  no
• Babbles with inflection (changes in tone)
• Says dada and mama
• Uses exclamations, such as Oh-oh!
• Tries to imitate words

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Babies at One Year

• Movement
• Reaches sitting position without assistance
• Crawls forward on belly
• Assumes hands-and-knees position
• Creeps on hands and knees
• Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on
  stomach) position
• Pulls self up to stand
• Walks holding on to furniture
• Stands momentarily without support
• May walk two or three steps without support

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Babies at One Year

• Hand and Finger Skills
• Uses pincer grasp
• Bangs two objects together
• Puts objects into container
• Takes objects out of container
• Lets objects go voluntarily
• Pokes with index finger
• Tries to imitate scribbling

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Warning Signs of Problems

• Developmental Health WatchAlert your child's
  doctor or nurse if your child displays any of the
  following signs of possible developmental delay
  for this age range.
• Does not crawl
• Drags one side of body while crawling (for over
  one month)
• Cannot stand when supported
• Does not search for objects that are hidden while
  he or she watches
• Says no single words ("mama" or "dada")
• Does not learn to use gestures, such as waving or
  shaking head
• Does not point to objects or pictures
• Experiences a dramatic loss of skills he or she
  once had

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Early Intervention
Infant Toddler Connection of Fairfax/Falls
Church3750 Old Lee HighwayFairfax, VA  22030
Contact Meribeth Fannin - Intake
CoordinatorPhone [phone]Fax (703)
246-7307E-Mail  meribeth.fannin_at_fairfaxcounty.go
vService Area Fairfax, Fairfax County, Falls
Church, Springfield
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