Child Development Final Exam Review

Newborns learn mainly by......

• By looking at their mobiles hanging above their bed.

• Playing with their toys.

• Being exposed to many new people right away.

• Being near parents and other caregivers.

For a healthy baby, medical care and supervision should begin......

• As soon as a woman thinks she might be pregnant.

• Only for the mother's first baby.

• A few months before delivery.

• Only if the mother does not feel healthy.

Nursing mothers should understand that.....

• They need fewer calories than a mother who id formula feeling their baby.

• They may lose a tooth unless their diet is adequate.

• Certain foods they eat may cause reactions in the baby.

• Breast-feeding is impossible if they return to work.

Which of the following are drug related factors that can affect the unborn baby?

• Sexually transmitted diseases

• Birth Defects

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• The mothers hair color.

Pregnant women should avoid this.....

• Contact sports

• Any unnecessary activities

• walking exercise

• low impact aerobics

A cesarean section might be performed for any of the following reasons:

• baby or mother are at medical risk

• baby is in a breech position

• Baby's size will make vaginal birth too difficult

• All the above

A newborn's length can differ at birth, but what is considered the average length of a newborn?

• 17 inches

• 18 inches

• 19 inches

• 20 inches

A baby's trust is built by

In the third stage of labor a woman continues to push out what?

• The baby

• The umbilical cord

• uterine lining

• placenta

Doctors who specialize in pregnancy and birth are called