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Infants basic reflexes
As soon as infants are out of the womb they have unlearned basic reflexes. You can place your pinkie inside an infants hand and they will involuntarly respond to is by grasping your finger. -
Motor Development in Infancy
Most parents I believe are always wanting their child to do the next skill as soon as the previous skill was learned. But I beleive motor skills occur when the child is ready and when the parent spends quality time with their child. Now, after learning Chapter 6, I learned gross motor skills is when a child is capible of learning how to move their body to sit upright or to walk. And Fine motor skills is when a child can coordinate their limbs. -
Breastfeeding is for me.
Breastfeeding has always been appealing to me. I believe in all of the benefits it can provide my child and I. An infant who is breastfeed has a less chance of getting sick, it helps with their digestive system and very beneficial for the mother. It gives a great bond between a mother and her child. -
Infants visual preception
They way infants see the world is completely different from anyone else. They can't see more than 20 feet infront of them, and they are unable to preceive colors for some time. But only at 6 months most infants have 20/20 vision. -
Infants perception of sound.
Before an infant is brought into this world, they are able to hear sounds in the womb. Once they are out they are more senstive to sound than others (children and adults). Being able to understand the sound range which is suitable to the infant will benefit both you and them. Once an infant is one year of age, they should be able to handle the different frequencies of sound.
