How Babies Affect My Life

During my four days with the baby I had new developments for how I felt towards children. My initial thoughts on this baby project was that it would be easy and fun because of my experience with my little brother and sister, but boy was I wrong. The project was a lot of work. You don’t get a fun interactive baby, you only get the bad parts of the baby. You get the crying, diaper using, and hungry baby. It’s a lot of work.

 Warm, attentive care, especially during the first year of life, helps babies to gain a sense that the world is a safe and

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

When the infants just born, these parents are not only emotionally and physically available to their infants, but also able to recognize the needs and mental status of their infants. When infants are hungry, their parents feed them; when infants are anxious and crying, their parents comfort them; when infants are smiling, their parents response warmly to them. Whenever infants need their parents and make signals to them, their parents are always attentive to them, these infants will feel very safe and happy. It gives the infants

As an Infant, I was well cared for by my whole family including my mother, father and sisters. As both my sisters were young adults when I was born this meant I created strong bonds with them that were similar to the relationship that I had with my mother, as a result I always had the nurturing that I needed even if my mother was not there. By receiving all the care that I needed as an infant I was able develop trusting relationships with my family member and was generally a very happy baby.

The way we welcome infants into the world is very important because first impressions last a lifetime. Infants first experience out of the womb, they should feel welcome and safe, so where better to be then in the arms of their mother doing skin to skin contact immediately after birth.

Self-regard for newborn children is fed by taking care of essential needs what's more, building a feeling of trust. At the point when babies cry, they are telling you that they are eager, languid, chilly, wet, or forlorn. The way you react to those requirements tells your child a considerable measure. Babies should be held also, snuggled. They require grown-ups to talk, sing, and play with them. At the point when essential needs are met, babies add to a solid feeling of trust what more, security is. The way in which needs are met additionally sends messages. Folks who encourage their children just to calm them send a distinctive message than those who additionally interface with their children to make eating a wonderful experience.

Spending a few days with the newborn, doesn’t give adequate time for the mother to structure any type of connection with the child. The first months of the baby’s life are essential for its progress. In the later years when it’s time for the mother to come home, she and the child are strangers. Not having developed that bond at an early age causes the child to be unfamiliar with its own mother, which leads to long term sentimental and conduct issues.

Although babies spend most of their time sleeping and eating they still have transitions to different stages. For example, reflexes are the most common for people to recognize the organized patterns of behavior. Also, a crying baby is what everyone recognizes. However, it is somewhat good when the baby cries, because it stimulates strong discomfort that the adults can realize. Usually the baby just needs a diaper change or needs to be feed, but sometimes its more and it is the parent's job to figure out why the baby is crying. The parents have to soothe them; they can do this by rocking, walking, swaddling, and talking softly. The baby also is developing their five senses, so it is important that the parents do not interfere with the development. For example, using screaming very loudly can ruin a baby's hearing. Vision is the one that develops the least. Nerveless, newborns can recognize human faces and want the mother's familiar face instead of a stranger. The most widely used instrument for helping the behavior of the newborn infant is Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). It has helped researchers understand newborns better.

The Pre-Birth to Three document that I work with highlights that responsive and caring adults are essential for babies and young children to develop and thrive. Practitioners must be aware of attunement which means having the skills needed to enable them to tune in to babies and young children. This determines needs by close observations of the sounds, movements, expressions and body language displayed. We already know that babies are born ready to make connections with the outside world and we must be ready to read these signs in order to develop the skills needed to interact with the wider community. This is something that I have at the forefront of my mind whenever I am working with the children. I am an avid believer that

Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.

Parents are primarily responsible for satisfying this stage of development in their child. It is imperative parents are attentive to their infant's needs so trust can be developed.

Infancy is far from what some have assumed – a time for rigidly and mechanically handling the baby because he seems to have so little capability as an adapting human being. The following developmental tasks are to be accomplished in infancy:

They learn to trust that their needs will be met, or that they will not. The emotional domain includes the infant’s perception of herself and of herself in relation to others.”(Blackboard, 2013). The most important thing a caregiver can do to help a toddler’s emotional development is to create a safe and loving environment for the toddler to learn in. Caregivers should understand that each toddler is different and has different needs. Attending to each individual child in a well-organized and inviting learning environment is essential during his stage early childhood development.

The success of this stage is measured by the feeling of safety and security of our world. This will set the child up for success for the rest of their life. The other side is failure that would lead mistrust and the feeling of insecurity of the world around them. This will set them up to have issues especially in relationship. McLeod mentions, “For example, if the care has been harsh or inconsistent, unpredictable and unreliable then the infant will develop a sense of mistrust and will not have confidence in the world around them or in their abilities to influence events” (McLeod 19).