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During my observation, I spent an extended time watching and observing a 7-month-old infant. This infant is a Caucasian male, with light brown hair and brown eyes. The child comes from a family where both parents are married and completely involved in their child’s life. As of now, the child has no other siblings. During the mother’s pregnancy, the infant developed in good health, through the prenatal stage. The mother selected not to breast feed and as an alternative, she gives him formula in a baby bottle. The infant hasn’t started to transitioning into solid foods. In addition, the child is provided with a pacifier throughout the day, especially during nap and bedtime. During his nap/bedtime the baby is offered a light white blanket. As
a parent, myself I recognized the deficiency of motor skills not being met for his age. The child was incapable to sit without any type of assistance, no scooting, standing or crawling, but he capable to roll over. While interacting with him, I was required to support his back so he wouldn’t fall over. He is a very quiet child, that didn’t display facial expressions, nor did I hear any type of cooing, or additional vocal sounds come from him. The only form of communication I received from him was when he would shake his head “no”. The child never expressed when he was fatigued, we only knew was by looking at his body langue and the heaviness of his eyelids. The child can support some of his weight on his legs, when he would bounce in the Jumperoo. Additionally, he is capable of grasp the toy that were on the Jumperoo and extend his arms for me to pick him up. As for his fine motor skills, he can pick objects up with one hand and shift the item from that hand to the other without difficulty. As an activity for the day, the teacher blew bubble towards him, several bubbles popped on his hands and head, the child had no reaction to the activity, nor did it get his attention. The child appeared to be always self-content and had no wants. Even after he soiled his diaper, he gave no indication of needing a diaper change.
The very low birth weight are newborns that weigh less than 3.3 pounds (1,500 grams). Unfortunately, newborns that are under 3.3 pounds (1,500 grams) do not often survive, and the ones that do have delayed motor skills and cognitive development. The numbers decrease further to extremely low birth weight of 2.2 pounds (1,000 grams), where chance of life is very small. Low birth weight babies 1,500 grams – 2,500 grams (3.3 -5.5 pounds) have a good chance they will survive with proper care. Newborns that are small-for-date are placed in incubators that are sealed beds where temperature and air quality is regulated. The beds isolate the infants from pathogens and the environment. The babies need sensory stimulation to grow, so a recorded tape is played of the mothers soothing voice. Visual stimulation from video, and tactile stimulation helps foster physical and cognitive development in the baby. At five months while the fetus is in the womb ithas sensory capabilities, and can hear the mother’s heart beating, food digestion, speaking, and others speaking to her! The incubator stimulates this environment. There is great success with proper attention and care to the low birth weight babies, and. Many of the low birth weight babies are effects of parents that live in poverty, unable to access adequate medical care, and they experience stress due to an unhealthy family life.
...f colostrum but wait until their breast milk is fully expressed. They instead rely on formula fed. The nurse should educate her patients on the importance of colostrum to the baby earlier during antenatal visits. The Vietnamese woman will consider her infant is healthy if they get fat, which signifies a healthy living. Mongolian spots, the bluish discoloration, which often is visible on the sacral region of infants, are very common in this ethnicity and should not be mistaken for abuse.
My child’s name is Carter Pirnuta. He was born at full-tem with no complications. He typically sleeps 15 hours a day with increments of around 2 hours at a time. Carter is able to digest new foods well, so the doctor recommends that he eat a variety of foods. Carter has typical emotional reactions for his age, such as fear of total strangers,
Toddlers are the epitome of curiosity and energy. From ages 1 – 3, toddlers are always on the go and want to learn about everything in their world. As with infants, no two are alike; each toddler is unique in his or her developmental stages, and each accomplishes milestones at different times. “Although children develop at different rates, there are common stages of development that serve as guidelines for what most children can do by a certain age” (Groark, McCarthy & Kirk, 2014). As seen in the hatfieldmomof3 (2011) video, one observes toddlers at play and can determine the age of the toddlers by their actions and the milestones they have accomplished.
... middle of paper ... ... Studies have determined that some infants can rectify these behavioral inconsistencies, but that the change is dependent upon a responsive caregiver in a nurturing environment. The birth of a healthy child is a blessing.
When the child was first born (his name is Lionel), one of the first major decisions we made was determining what type of food we should give to him. I never leaned toward either one of the options more than the other, so I decided to feed him by giving him both breast milk and formula. This was a good decision in my opinion, because he got the nutrients and antibodies from the breast milk, as well as the ability to eat
Having worked as a rehab aide in an outpatient clinic, my pediatric observation experience was completely different from what I am used to seeing. The therapist I observed was Allie Ribner who works at All Children’s Child Development and Rehab Center. Each session was completely different from one another for the session was geared towards the goals of the child and families. I found this to be a great learning experience for I saw a wide variety of different treatments and age range from 14 months to 15 years old.
The daycare that I visited was Rosemont Daycare and Preschool. This center is faith based and I was able observe the “Duck Class” which was the age group of four and five year olds. I went to observe on February 11th and 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 and the 18th from 3:00 to 6:00. On the 11th and 16th, there were a total of 12 children in the Duck class. At 9:00 the children were engaged in circle time meaning that the children were learning about their bible verse for that month which was “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.” The children then discussed what they thought that meant. On the 11th I was present to see the children, the ones I decided to observe were Kali, Roslyn, Fiona, and Brayden. When the children were doing crafts I sat near the counter island in the class room so I was out of the way but still able to see and hear what the kids were doing and saying at the table.
After I got acquainted with MK, which I found difficult because of the way I held him and the absence of a motherly scent, I performed to the best of my ability an assessment based on the Apgar scale along with a physical assessment. MK’s weight was around 180 ounces and he was 58 cm in length with a head circumference of 33 cm. I asked about weight gain or loss patterns that the parents noticed. They replied nothing significant, just a slight drop in weight after a few days starting from delivery then steady weight gain. This can be attributed to fluid losses by respiration, urination, defecation, and low fluid intake. (Potter, Perry, Ross-Kerr, & Wood, 2009, p. 333) I also noticed that MK was using abdominal muscles for breathing at around 40 breaths per minute. His heart rate was around 130 bpm. His skin was a nice pink color; however, his parents mentioned he was bit yellow right after birth for a few days. This phenomenon can be attributed to an excess of bilirubin and the immaturity of the liver. MK received a 10 on the Apgar scale which measures Heart Rate, Respiratory Effort, Muscle Tone, Reflex/Irritability and Color of the body. Afterwards I tested for the presence of innate reflexes including: Mo...
The mother described the child as being a fussy infant who had trouble sleeping and would awake several times during the night. The mother also reports the child was a fussy eater, and she experienced trouble feeding her daughter during infancy and needed to switch her daughter to soy formula. Overall the mother reported that the daughter was a happy infant who smiled often. The mother reported her child being alert and responding positively to family members who visited and enjoyed playing with her toys. In regards to the development, the mother reported that her daughter seemed to be developing slower than her first child who hit certain milestones earlier.
Social Development. Austin is pretending to be a dinosaur to his mom and Grandma. “Plays pretend using sounds and words.” (Gronlund & Engel, 2001, p. 34)
...f another patient, two year old Monthati Makofane. The child was “frightened” and “overwhelmed” , however, his parents were thrilled at the idea that their son would grow up and have what they deemed a “normal life”, submitting to the ideas of the medical perspective.
Observation is important as the practitioner can find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations, additionally at the same time it identifies if children need assistance within certain areas of learning or socially (DCSF, 2008). Furthermore the observations check that the child is safe, contented, healthy and developing normally within the classroom or early years setting, over time the observations can be given to parents as they show a record of progress which helps to settle the parent and feel more comfortable about their child’s education. Observations are not only constructive within learning about an individual child, they can be used to see how different groups of children behave in the same situation and how adults communicate and deal with children’s behaviour (Meggitt and Walker, 2004). Overall observations should always look at the positives of what children can complete within education and not look at the negatives and all observations should become a fundamental part of all practitioners work alongside reflection (Smidt, 2009).
Childhood is the most important time of lives where our minds and bodies experience the most growth and development. Our early years are extremely influential on the rest of our lives and the way that we cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally process. There are so many different factors that play into the ways that we develop. In order to understand this process more fully, I spent some time observing Stella, a five year old girl whom I am able to interact with on a fairly regular basis. To back up my observations and add to the information I take in, I am using two different theories that well support many aspects of development. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory as well as Vygostky’s Sociocultural Learning Theory of Cognitive
Adults will find themselves warming up to a 5 months old baby, who loves to socialize and interact with people. At this age, babies can easily engage other people's attention and get their best responses because of their innate charm, which may be viewed as a survival skill. Parents must see this stage as an opportunity to help their babies build their physical and social skills by the stimuli and love they offer.