Milestones

In the initial few months babies will recognise familiar voices and faces, they will try to 'people please' and bay for attention by performing for their audience through laughter and giggles. They will enjoy playing games with others such as peek a boo.

Expected patterns of development in children aged 0-19 years Age Group | Cognitive | Communication | Physical | Social, Emotional & Behavioural | Moral |

· Physical development · Communication and intellectual development · Social, emotional and behavioural development Birth to 3 years The expected pattern starts at 0-3 years where a child is expected to develop the most. They have little control over their bodies at 0-1 years and are dependent on their natural instincts eg: sucking, grasping.

The first activity that parents can introduce to their children to help promote physical, cognitive, and social development is to give them access to toys that promote mental and physical development as they grow older. A second activity that can help promote physical development is to allow them greater independence as they grow and not stop them from taking minor risks. The third activity that can help promote both their mental and physical development is to make sure that you are communicating with them instead of just taking care of their needs. A fourth activity to help promote your children's cognitive development is to let infants and toddlers solve their own problems if the problem does not include a significant risk of harm to the

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Table for section 1 - showing developmental milestones 0-19 years Age range in years Physical Communication and Language Social, Emotional and Behavioural 0 to 3 (Burnham & Baker 2010 pg. 1- 4) . Crawling and rolling gross motor skills . Using cups and feeding themselves fine motor skills . Tries to communicate with other babies Language development . Enjoys songs and games . Forms strong bonds – mainly with primary care giver . Own identity formed 3 to 7 (C. Meggitt, 2012 pg.94 - 97) . Can construct elaborate models . Can use a variety of play equipment . Able to use past, present and future tense . Are mostly fluent and correct with grammar . Shows sympathy and can comfort a friend who is hurt . Can choose who they want They will be delayed in their physical development due to difficulties with the lower brain which is responsible for balance and co-ordination. They may also have a difference in muscle tone and find it difficult to gauge how much to grip an object. This delay in physical development will have an impact on the child’s social and emotional development also as they may not get as much chance to play and interact with other children in their peer group.

Child and Young Person’s development Area of development | 0 – 1 year | 2 – 4 years | Physical | Reflexes –Sucking, Grasping, Drinking, Eating.Lifting head unaided.Latterly, crawling, rolling over and possibly standing or cruising.

How to choose baby carriers. 1. You must ensure the correct position of the baby: hips and knees flexed in a "frog" position, so that the back is slightly curved and the baby is sitting and not hung.

As a first time parent to a three week old baby girl, I listen to a lot of crying everyday. It is becoming unbearable, even though I know it is common and my baby is healthy. As a result, I decided to look on the internet for helpful

It's never too early to start reading to your baby. Choose some of these fun games and giggles-and-grins activities to make books -- and your baby's world -- come alive: Create voices for the story characters, such as a low, "growly" voice for a wolf; a high-pitched voice for a fairy;

High school is a time for learning, growing, and reaching important milestones. One of these milestones that most people look forward to is falling in love. I was one of those people that looked forward to it since I could remember. I grew up watching teen romance movies that gave me the wrong expectations of boys. I fell in love and got my heart destroyed. After dating for a few years, we broke up. Nothing prepares you for the emotional roller coaster that comes with a broken heart. I was completely devastated and felt my life was over at 16 years old. After realizing I was dramatizing the situation, in an attempt to move forward in life, I decided to get a dog for companionship. I scanned through the Sunday paper for someone giving away dogs

For instance a baby may be frightened by fast movements or actions until they become used to them and come to associate them as normal or as happy. Likewise, they may associate a sound or tone as normal or happy. As the infants become children they learn to become familiar with both tone and action as it relates to people’s reactions and associate both being done by someone they are viewing as an expression of a certain emotion. Likewise they learn to mimic this. An infant may learn that when you are happy with something that they do you smile and clap thus as they come to recognize this they begin to smile and clap. This in many ways is the same as when an adult uses their sight to watch a person’s face who is speaking another language and attempt to mimic their mouth movements to recreate the

Nursing to sleep when possible, rocking, breastfeeding on demand, respondin to baby's cry, you name it.

Developmental milestones  She can sort objects by shape and color.  She can name most of the objects familiar to her.  She loves make-belief role playing. For instance, she will play mother-father or doctor-patient with her friends. This might be the right time to get her a dollhouse, playhouse or a doctor’s kit. She will like using the play stethoscope on you, giving you a vaccination.

Developmental milestones  She is more independent and self-confident, or will be in the coming months.  She is content to play with her toys for longer periods of time and can entertain herself.