First Year Stages of the Developing Child

  • Rooting reflex - an infant's respnse in turning toward the source of toucing that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth.

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    Reflexive Development:

    Grasping reflex - an infant's clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hang.
  • Perpetual Abilities - at one week the infant can discriminate the difference between red and gray.

  • Grasping reflex - an infant's clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hang.

  • Infant is able to suck, breath air, and swallow milk twice a second with getting confused.

  • Perpetual Abilities - at two months the infant can discriminate blue from gray.

  • Startle relfex - When an infant is lying on it's back is startled by a load noise out of sight above his or her head will show a very complex response.

  • Perpetual Abilities - New borns look at their bodies and at their surroundings

  • Infants begin to have a stronger color perception.

  • Physical Development- Begins to bear partial weight on both legs when held in a standing position

  • Physical Development- Are able to hold objects but does not reach for them

  • Physical Development- Eye-hand coordination begins by the fourth month.

  • Physical Development- Signs of teething begin

  • Physical Development- The baby then is able to voluntarily grasps and holds object

  • Longterm Development - Begins combining syllables like "mama" and "dada" but does not attach a meaning

  • Physical Development- The infant sits without support, may lean forward on both hands

  • Longterm Development - Object permanence begins to develop

  • Longterm Development - Able to manipulate objects out of tight fitting spaces

  • Longterm Development - Recognizes objects by name, shows affection, searches for object where it was last seen