Summary Of Fox's 'Monitoring Your Baby'

The babies physical development "provides children with the abilities they need to explore and interact with the world around them"

"Ever since I was a child, I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one 's potential"(Bruce Lee). I think this quote pertains greatly to how children grow up. The Assignment purpose was to observe a child between the ages of 2 and 16. Human Development is important because it shows what you can identify. For example, if there is anything wrong with your child or if your child is more developed than others. Plus, there is so much that you can learn from observing the child from how they react in their environment and around people. If you know what to look for in human develop it greatly helps in knowing what to do with a child when you least expect it.

Physical development: Babies turn their head towards sounds and movement’s .They like to watch the face of adult at feeding time. They start sitting with support and gradually sit

A child’s development can be measured through physical and language milestones, intellectual, emotional and social development.

The physical development of a baby in its first six months of life shows limited range of movement but the beginnings of an ability to respond to stimulus around them. They show their reaction to people, sounds and movement by turning their head toward whatever attracts their attention. They will watch an adult’s face whilst feeding, but have already begun to shows signs of recognition as they will smile when familiar people are around them either because they can see them

Development of a child have been a thing that most of the parents have been neglecting without noticing that it is very important in the development of a child’s character and social

A child’s development can be measured through social, emotional, intellectual, physical and language developmental milestones. This is the Holistic Process when dealing with every aspect of the child and their environment.

It is important to remember when looking at child and young person development that development is a learning and holistic process. Each child is unique, they will develop at their own rate and in their own way.

Within their first month babies development changes dramatically. They have usually developed into a pattern with most of their time sleeping but starting to spend more time awake. They will cry to communicate their needs with their parents starting to understand the different types of cry indicating the different needs. A baby will starting to recognise the parents or carers voices and may calm when they hear this and will be noticeably trying to focus on the face of the person who is holding them and are able to focus at a range of 20 – 25cm.

The study of human development is a rich and varied subject. We all have personal

At three months old a baby should be sucking their own fingers, watch their own hands and also look at a body part if it’s being touched. They’re beginning to laugh out loud and smile in response to social stimulation. At this stage, they can be comforted by a familiar adult, and quiet when picked up. They respond positively to touch and interact best when in an alert or inactive but attentive state. They become interested in other people and begin to learn to recognise their primary caregivers. They can see to about 13 inches in front of their face clearly.

According to Moylett and Stewart’s (2012) Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage, the child observed indicated almost every area of learning and development. They successfully met all of the prime areas which are: personal, social and emotional development; physical development and communication and language (Moylett and Stewart, 2012, Neville, 2012 and Foundation Years, 2012, 2015).

Those eye contacts, the witty smiles and the eyes searching for you in the room are just signals that your child is turning from a newborn to an active infant. The starting 3 months of development are the most crucial for the growth of your child, so for all the fellow parents out there here are some development milestones or suggestions that’ll help you ensure that your child is growing at a normal and healthy rate.

It is essential for a practitioner to know what stages a child should be at for their age. In ‘Birth to five years’, Mary Sheridan describes each of the stages. An example of this is for a new born baby that ‘the first few days of a baby’s life are usually composed of long periods of sleep interspersed with short periods when the baby is awake.’(Sheridan, M. (2014) Mary Sheridan’s from birth to Five years: Children’s developmental progress. 4th edn. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.) Prenatal care is also essential because this will judge whether the child has birth defects or

Even though the child may begin to develop essential life skills, it is still usually in the stage of heavy dependency and frustrating incomprehension. Stage 2 is more likely to occur from the ages of two to three. In spite of this, I do agree with Erikson?s concept of parental encouragement. The child heavily relies on the emotions and reactions it gains from those around it. The toddler?s environment is a vital developmental aspect of life because it provides a child with the necessary amount of support to venture into the unknown and to explore new capabilities in its existence. The toddler?s age is very important, because it is the time period in a human?s life where they must begin to develop the fundamental basics of locomotion and regular bodily activities. These stages are vital to the toddlers understanding of regular activities or essentials needed in any society in the future. These stages, as stated by Erikson, are important in the respect that they will have a tremendous impact on the future social skills of a human. By learning to control the body, the toddler is able to feel control over itself, thus creating a beginning for other skills needed by the toddler in any future vocation or bodily activity. However, I do not agree with Erikson?s theory on how a child may begin to feel doubt in its abilities at the age of two. I believe that the child cannot entirely comprehend what shame is at such an