Infant

• Growth – quantitative increase in size, height, and weight
• Development – qualitative increase the capacity to function
• Eric Erikson – Trust vs Mistrust
• Sigmund – Oral
• Piaget – Sensory-motor
• Kohlberg – Amoral
• Fear: Stranger anxiety (starts at 6 months, Peak:8-9 month pregnancy of life, Start to fade: 12 months)
• Best toy: Rattle
• Birth weight: Doubles by 6 months, Triples by 1 year, Quadruples by 2 years old
• Teething: 6 a pair of lower central incisor,7 a pair of upper central incisor,9 upper lateral incisor, 10 lower lateral incisor
• Extrusion Reflex – if a substance at a tip of a tongue na di matamis the infant will push it out
• Sits with support – infant ready for solid food
• Solid food: Cereals, Vegetables, fruit, meat, egg
• Highly allergic to infant: Egg (That’s why below 1 year old, egg yolk because egg white contains albumin)
• Rooting reflexReflexes: Sucking reflex, Palmar reflex (Grasping reflex), Rooting reflex, Moro or startled reflex -> Grasp, rooting,sucking Moro/Startled reflex
• Most of the reflex dissappear between 4-5 months
• Extrusion reflex – dissappear around 6 months
• Milk – is the main food at the first 6 months of life
• Difference between breast milk and formula milk – Antibodies
• 4 mos–more than 45
• 6 mos – sits w support
• 8 mos – sits w/o support
• 9 mos – crawling n creeping
• 10 mos – standing w support
• 11 mos – cruising
• 12 mos – walking w support
• 15 mos – walking w/o support
• 18 mos – running n jumping
• 2 yrs old – feet same level
• 3 yrs old – alternate feet