Signs Of A Child's Developmental Stages

They enjoy playing and show it by smiling and squealing with delight. They are able to focus on an object and explore it if it seems interesting. Babies also start to show us that they understand a little of what we are saying and try to communicate with us.

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.

The development of attachment bonds to other biological figures plays an important role in emotional development. Throughout life, an individual will form several relationships, some of which will be sincere and intimate while others will be superficial. However, collectively these relationships provide the foundation of our communities, families, and friendships and become essential to our survival as a species. A secure attachment bond can be classified as the interactive emotional relationship between a caregiver and infant involving the emotional responses of the caregiver to the infant 's cues (Bowlby, 1969). These emotional responses can be expressed in a variety of forms including gestures, sounds, or even movements. Thus, this interactive emotional relationship between the caregiver and infant brings the two closer together creating an environment that allows the infant to feel safe and secure, further developing their ability to communicate and interact with others (Bowlby, 1969).

During this stage of life, babies will begin to interact with adults that surround them by getting easily distracted by looking at their faces or listening to the sound of their voices. Babies will begin vocalising by cooing at people that they recognise and are familiar to them . A baby will recognise the sound of a parent or carer and will respond when they hear their voice, many mistake this for a baby responding to their name but this is unlikely at this stage.

| Walking, pointing with arms, starting to dress themselves, holding light objects.Interacting with balls, climbing stairs or furniture, using crayons etc with more controlled, starting to run with confidence and feeding themselves.

Crying is the main way babies communicate at 0-3 months. They will cry to express how they feel for example this could be when they are feeling hungry or when they want attention.

While every child is different, developmental milestones, both physical and behavior, refers to what a child should be able to do at a certain age in life. As the child continues to grow and mature in life, conquering these milestones will and determine if the child should have a disability.

When, I started doing the observation, the infant was playing with a toy. He played with the toy for about five minutes and after that he decided to grab another toy. One of the things that I notes while I was doing the observation was that the infant did not have much problem reaching the objects because, he eider crawled or pointed to what he wanted, and made a sound to the mother in order to had her attention. I also could notice that when the mother talked to the infant the most of the time he was awarded of what his mother was telling to him. There were times that the infant did not put attention of what the mother was telling to him, but it was at the time when he was crawling or trying to walk.

Between birth and 3 months a child can only communicate through sound. This means they will cry when basic needs require attention, for example if their hungry, tired or distressed. A child of this age will make a variety of different ‘happy’ sounds like cooing, and will respond to music and different sounds. They also watch their careers face closely, especially the mouth and try to mimic its movements.

The infancy/toddlerhood stage signifies the end of infancy around the age of 5 or 6, during these stage children learn to become more self-sufficient and develop the basic skills needed to care for themselves. They start develop reading skills and spend more time playing with other kids and they also learn social skills. During these stage a child goes through many physical, cognitive and social development that they are going to use throughout their life.

Infants have a variation of natural social skills. Infants would often cry to signify their essential needs. Babies respond to their parent or guardian reactions when there needs are met. The reaction gives babies a sense of security.

Symptoms appear in early childhood which include exaggerated reflexes, floppy or rigid limbs, and involuntary motions.

As a parent, having a baby is the greatest blessing in life, but the most rewarding thing for a parent is watching your child grow. That all begins in a baby’s first year of life when it is able to communicate with its parents. If the parents learn how their baby communicates, it will make communicating with their newborn a lot easier. There are many ways that babies develop through nonverbal and verbal communication. Although babies cannot talk, the first year of a baby’s life is crucial for its development in communicating.

According to (Da Louw, 1998) this includes general physical, motor and perceptual developments. So the researcher will look briefly into the three elements.

Childhood development begins at the age of 3 years old and stops at age 10. From 3 onwards you have developed some physical skills, for example they can fully be able to walk. Taking them from simplistic pre-schooler’s to independent thinkers also learning