HHD Unit 2 Development in infants and early childhood

What needs do newborns have that care givers have to provide?

• Feeding and being hydrated

• Maintain body warmth and staying clean

• Opportunities to play and explore the world

• Appropriate language stimulation

In infancy growth can be described as?

• Steady

• Slow

• Rapid

• Fast

In infancy, which of the following is/are examples of Physical Development?

• Birthweight doubles by six months

• Infants get better at holding objects

• Children get better at walking

• Infants begin to smile in reaction to loved ones

The infant's body proportions and control can change following the cephalocaudal pattern of development. This means development occurs?

• From the outside in. (Fingers first)

• From the feet upwards

• From the middle in a circle

• From the head down

The infant's motor skills can change following the proximodistal pattern of development. This means development occurs?

• From the body outwards

• From the feet upwards

• From the middle in a circle

• From the head down

Infant social development includes:

• Attachment with mother (especially when breastfeeding)

• Infant begins to smile at around six weeks

• Playing with others

• Getting stronger bones

Emotional development in infancy includes:

• A hurt infant can be comforted by caregivers

• If attachment has occurred infant feels secure, safe and loved

• By 8 months the infant has learnt to express anger and happiness

• The infant becomes taller

Infant intellectual development includes:

• Learning about hard, soft, bitter and sweet by putting things in their mouth

• Learning that they have a name and will begin to respond

• Learning new words so it is important to read to infants

• Object permanence: they learn that an object that is out of sight still exists.

Development in early childhood can be described as?

• Slow

• Steady

• Fast

• Rapid

Physical development in early childhood includes?

• Increase in height by around 6cm per year (longer bones)

• Increase in weight by around 2.5kg per year

• Body proportions change (arms and legs match head, decrease body fat)

• Motor skills stagnate (stay the same)