Development During the First Year of Life

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Development During the First Year of Life
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Weight Gain

• Healthy babies gain 1-2 lbs the first 6 months
• They gain about a pound per month during the last
  half of the first year

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Height

• The average height by one year is about 30 inches.

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Body Proportions

• Compared to adult proportions
• A babys head and abdomen are LARGE
• A babys legs and arms are SMALL

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Your Child May Have a Hearing Problem If He/She
is

• Not startled by a sharp clap
• Never turns toward signs
• Not awakened by loud noises

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Your Child May Be Teething if

• They do any of the Following
• Cranky
• Restless and Wakeful
• May Refuse Food
• May Drool Excessively

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Bottom Front Teeth Are First to Come In
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Physical Developmentproceeds from

• head to foot
• (cephalo-caudal)
• First babys lift their heads, then they learn to
  roll over

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Physical Development Proceeds from

• Near to Far
• (Proximal-distal)
• Babies are able to scoot their entire body to an
  object, wave at it, grab it, pick it up

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Motor skillsabilities that depend upon the use
and control of muscles

• Gross Motor skills are related to large muscles
  of the body

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Physical Development proceeds from

• Simple to Complex
• Babies go from being fed, to eating with their
  own hands

Or feet
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Fine Motor Skills

• Related to the small muscles of hands and fingers
• Some examples of fine motor skills are coloring
  and drawing

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Locomotion

• A child has locomotion when it is able to move
  from one place to another

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Manipulation

• The ability to use hands and fingers to hold and
  grasp objects

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Handling a newborn

• It is important to remember that neck muscles are
  not developed, therefore, the head must be
  supported

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Babies will cry because he/she

• Wants to be held
• Has a soiled diaper
• Is ill
• Is hungry

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Ways to comfort a baby

• Soundsing or talk to them music
• Motionrocking chair, car or stroller
• Touchhold or cuddle them, rub or pat their back.
• Of course any combination of these methods work
  well.

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Newborns eyes and vision

• Stare seems blank and uncomprehending
• Eyes blink separately of look in different
  directions
• There are no tears at first

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Sense of smell

• A baby becomes sensitive to odors during the
  first few days of life

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Shaken baby

• Shaking a baby younger than two years old creates
  a high risk of severe bleeding in the brain

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Feeding Baby

• Solid food should be introduced between the 6th
  to the 8th month
• Never Prop bays bottle
• Milk can gush into the mouth
• Leads to digestive problems and ear infections
• Cause of Bottle Mouth Syndrome

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Feeding Baby cont.

• Bottle-fed babies are more likely to be overfed,
  as parents are tempted to urge the baby to
  finish the bottle.
• Babies will begin to eat with their fingers at 8
  to 10 months old.
• Babies do not need to be put on low-fat diets or
  worry about cholesterol.