Postnatal Stage/Infancy

• Period of Partunate


  -          first 15 to 20 minutes after birth

  -          once the umbilical cord has been cut; the infant at this point becomes a separate and independent being
• Period of Neonate


  -          covers the rest of the infancy period

  -          usually ends with the falling of the umbilical cord, almost two weeks after birth
• Infancy


  -          shortest of all periods

  -          time of radical adjustments

  -          temperature changes

  -          sucking and swallowing

  -          breathing

  -          elimination