Infancy

• Infant 


  Birth to 12 months
• Infant

  Weight: 6 months - x 2 of BW; 1 years - x 3 of BW
• Infant

  Posterior fontanel closes at 2-3 months. Anterior fontanel closes at 12-18 months.
• Infant

  Primary teeth at 12 months: 6 primary teeth

  Rule of thumb: Age in months - 6 = number of teeth
• Infant

  Most infantile reflexes disappear at 3-4 months.
• Infant

  Positive Babinski reflex disappears at 1 year of age.
• Infancy (0 to 1 year old)

  • feeding principle
  • babies are all ID - pleasure seekers
• Infancy (0 to 1 year old)

  Unang yakap

  1. Immediate drying

  • 30 seconds
  • direction: cephalocaudal (face first)
  • what to use: dry cloth
  • check RR while drying
  • cry: good cry (not high pitched = increased ICP)
• Infancy (0 to 1 year old)

  Unang yakap

  2. Early skin-to-skin contact or Kangaroo care
• Infancy (0 to 1 year old)

  Unang yakap

  3. Proper time for cord clamping or cutting

  • 1 to 3 minutes (to prevent IDA or anemia)
• Infancy (0 to 1 year old)

  Unang yakap

  4. Early Breastfeeding

  • breast (+) warm water
  • not cold = vasoconstriction
  • do not use soap and alcohol = dryness
  • (+) expose in air
  • inverted nipple = use suction syringe
  • sign na gutom = sucking
  • sign na busog = deep sleep

  Burping

  • shoulder - most common
  • leg - ideal (most stable)
• Infancy: significant person - mother
• Infancy

  Sense of trust vs. mistrust (Erikson)
• Infancy

  Erikson: Trust vs. Mistrust *basic needs must be met and care must be consistent

  Freud: Oral stage (mouth)

  • risk or nursing diagnosis: RF aspiration

  Piaget: Sensorimotor

  • to fulfill the needs, the best toy for infants is mobile

  Play: Solitary

  Fear: Stranger anxiety

  Kohlberg: none