Healthy Child Development

Our generation has different concepts of knowledge when contemplating on bringing a new life into the world. Many factors will play a role as to how a newborn will develop into their future self. Not only does a parent need to be mentally ready but also have enough money that they can provide the basic needs for their newborn. For eighteen years a parent will hold multiple responsibilities for their infant. Overall becoming a parent has many responsibilities including the developmental stages, feeding the infant, deciding to keep the newborn or adoption.

A newborn has a lot to adapt to, thank goodness they are aided by caregivers to help them grow to be autonomous to their external world. There are three major tasks an infant needs to achieve before progressing in their development which are to orientate themselves into the external world, to form a capacity for self-regulation, and to establish a secure relationship. These tasks can be classified as the foundation for future development (Davies, 2011). Like any stage of development, there are a multitude of observational items to assess to ensure a child’s mental state. For an infant, the parent’s history, pregnancy, birthing process, the physical autonomy of the child, developmental milestones, temperament, and attachment should be addressed in observation.

It is right that children need attention, time, and special treatment; however, personality of the newborn is not just influenced by their first years. Meeting new people and life outside home is also effective. Every stage of life is treatment.

1. The infant’s needs are include love and security, a sense of trust, warmth and physical

For babies, environments are important, and a good environment gives babies a good exploration and sense of security.

Newborn children come out of the womb needing their mother’s warmth. They are used to hearing their voice and feeling protected. Coming into this world and in only six weeks detaching from their mothers for 8 to 12 hours a day. Requiring mothers to be fully healed from a 40-week pregnancy. Battling with postpartum emotions and just getting to know their child is a bit unrealistic. Breastfeeding is a battle and a full time job of its own. Newborn children need their

“Within the nest of earliest caretaking, the baby’s experiences create her first senses of what this new world is like” (Lally, 2006, p. 72) in which case every infant is different in their needs and wants, therefore it is important

Going along with this, Erikson’s Life Span Theory presents a lot of ideas that I agree with when it comes to raising children. Erikson believes that there are eight stages where an individual will face a crisis. The crisis infants will face is trust or mistrust of their caregiver. I believe this goes back to nurture, because if you show your child that you are there for them they should develop trust in you rather than mistrust. The crisis they face during toddlerhood is autonomy or shame and doubt. This stage is where they begin to develop a sense of self and want to start doing things more on their own. When beginning to raise my infant, I hope they display personality similarities to fearless, energetic children. The description of

Within the early months, growth is so rapid and consequences of neglect so great, gains including height, weight, and head circumference, should be closely monitored to follow if the infant is progressing as expected. In the first six months of life, babies also develop in other

you have an infant at home, you understand the need for proper care. They frailty and dependency give you a sense of helplessness, like they cannot function without you watching. This is quite true because it is easy for a baby to fall or sleep in a position that is not good for their health.

From personal experience children begin to learn immediately and have complete trust in their provider. As referenced in the book of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, Jackie was told several times that she was basically spoiling her child by holding him continuously and giving into everything we wanted. (Hobbs) I did this with both of my sons, Kashton who is four and Zane who is turning two soon. I was told

He shows displeasure by crying or pouting, and seeking comfort from his mother. He can display feelings of happiness or excitement by smiling, babbling loudly with a high pitch tone, or clapping his hands. He seems to have a strong and secure attachment to his mother. For example, our professor Ravi spoke to him and he just looked at her and then looked to his mother perhaps to seek some sort of approval or get the “okay” to approach her. His mom also said that on the first day she brought him to his daycare to get him acquainted with the new environment, she had to be the one to put him down for a nap because he was not yet comfortable with anyone else. Something that his parents can do or even his daycare workers can do is to bring him to new places, introduce him to new people, animals, or things to make him feel more comfortable and open with

Once the infant is released from the hospital, their care will be transferred to a clinic that specialized in the care of the infant during the first year (Sherman & Rosenkrantz, 2013). Some clinics will provide follow-up care in all areas that the infant needs. Other specialize in only one type of care, such as neurodevelopment or pulmonary problems (Sherman & Rosenkrantz, 2013). The parents often need intensive support when they bring their preemie home. They must learn many more tasks to care for their baby than the parents of a full-term baby. For instance, they must learn to monitor oxygen levels and must take special care to avoid injuring the baby (Babyfirst, 2014). They will often develop a close relationship with the staff at an after-care

As a mother of a premature infant, I know these issues are a major concern when the baby is born and the stress that it can put on the families. In order to be able to deal with the situation effectively you have to

Infancy need love and affection which help them to feel confident and secure. They need praise, encouragement and recognition. They also need to feel secure in other to be in a safe place. They need someone to care