Life Span Development

  • Prenatal Development

    Baby develops from a single cell after conception into an embryo where the beginning development of the brain, body systems, hands, feet, and digits happens then to a fetus where every part of the baby continues to grow.
  • Birth

    Although 2 weeks late I was born at 2:46pm 7lbs 5oz
  • First Two Years: Biosocial

    I have mastered the art of movement and while mom had thought she was taking a nap on the floor with me I learned to crawl to the next room.
  • First Two Years: Biosocial

    Walking everywhere now! I hate being picked up and carried, I even dislike my favorite stroller.
  • First Two Years: Cognitive

    All my cooing and fusing have turned into actual words. My first word was Mama.
  • First Two Years: Psychosocial

    I have formed a very important lifelong bond with me Gege(grandma) and Papa(grandpa) as they watch me every week day while my mom works at her new job.
  • Early Childhood: Psychosocial

    My Gege takes me to a gymnastics / tumbler class where I can run around with some kids my age.
  • Early Childhood: Cognitive

    I'm enrolled in preschool at RedBell part time because I was really enjoying being around other kids in my tumbler class.
  • Early Childhood: Biosocial

    I fall during game time in preschool and break my front teeth, causing me to lose my first baby teeth.
  • Early Childhood: Psychosocial

    The first of my siblings are born. I am now the big sister to a little boy named Adam!
  • Early Childhood: Psychosocial

    My mom and dad get married and I get to be their flower girl.
  • Early Childhood: Psychosocial

    My first beautiful baby sister arrives, and my mom and dad let me pick out her name.
  • Middle Childhood: Psychosocial

    The last of siblings are born. It's another beautiful baby girl!
  • Middle Childhood: Biosocial

    I begin playing on a community basketball league. I absolutely love it and never wanted to miss a practice or game.
  • Middle Childhood: Cognitive

    I won first place in my multiplication quiz off and I got to have a pizza party.
  • Adolescence: Biosocial

    After thinking for so long that I was truley missing out on something, even going as far as to sleep with a tampon under my pillow. My period came and I was far from pleased
  • Adolescence: Psychosocial

    Made the Basketball team for my middle school, and began to play in a travel league in the off season.
  • Adolescence: Psychosocial

    Made the basketball team for my Highschool. I also worked in the school store and got my very first job in clerical at John Cassablanca.
  • Adolescence: Cognitive

    Graduated Highschool with Honors, and began to plan for my next step into College.
  • Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial

    I am now of legal drinking age! I went out with all my girlfriends, boyfriend and family to celebrate my 21st bday.
  • Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive

    Graduated from college with my Associates degree in Buisness/Accounting. I got a promotion at my job as a result of my new diploma.
  • Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial

    My long term boyfriend and I bought our first house together and moved in together.
  • Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial

    I said "I Do" I married the man of my dreams in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by our closets family and friends. After our honeymoon to Myrtle Beach we got out first puppy.
  • Adulthood: Psychosocial

    We welcomed our first beautiful and absolutly amazingly wonderful baby girl named Willow at 7lbs 6oz
  • Adulthood:Cognitive

    Went back to school for Nursing, I was no longer happy with my job and went back to my original passion
  • Adulthood: Cognitive

    Graduated from Nursing School and began the BSN program at Eastern Michigan University
  • Adulthood: Psychosocial

    Welcome Baby number two
  • Adulthood: Cognitive

    Graduate from the Bachelors Program with my BSN and began my nursing career at University of Michigan in the Emergency Department
  • Adulthood: Psychosocial

    Welcome Baby number three.
  • Adulthood: Biosocial

    Due to female problems I have had my whole life (Endometriosis) I have had my uterus and left ovary removed.
  • Adulthood: Cognitive

    Back to school. I have decied to try my hand in PA school
  • Adulthood: Cognitive

    Graduate from PA school and decied to do my fellowship in surgery.
  • Psychosocial: Adulthood

    The first our children Willow will graduate from highschool and we will have to send her off to college.
  • Late Adulthood: Psychosocial

    I plan to retire and start traveling and truley enjoying what I have worked all my life for. I would love to retire somewhere warm, maybe Florida
  • Late Adulthood: Biosocial

    As I age I may have some sketetal and muscular breakdown. I could become more at risk for falls
  • Late Adulthood: Cognitive

    I hope not but Alzheimer's Disease runs very strongly in both sides of my family. So I could have some memory loss and dementia in my late years.
  • Death

    According to the life calculator I will pass (hopefully peacefully and in my sleep) at the age of 89.