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Neonate
Mia was born on Friday morning. She weighed seven pounds, four ounces. According to the Apgar Scale Standard, Mia had a score of eight, which is above average, and considered to be a healthy neonate (Feldman, 2012, p.88). -
Fine Motor Skills/Grasping
Mia just turned four months old today, and her fine motor skills continue to develop more. She is now able to grasp her favorite toy and hold it for a while with both hands (Feldman, 2012, p.125). -
Gross Motor Skill/Crawling
Mia is now eight month olds, and her gross motor skills, such as crawling, have started (Feldman, 2012, p.124). She is now able to crawl toward her toys and all around the house. She is a very happy girl! -
Language/Holophrases
Mia is now one year old, and her first word was "mama". She uses this word to describe anything she wants or is interested in. According to Feldman (2012), Holophrases are "one-word utterances that stand for a whole phrase, whose meaning depends on a particular context in which they are used" (p.159). -
Telegraphic Speech
Mia is now two years and four months old, and she is starting to use Telegraphic Speech. She is saying "daddy work" in her attempt to say, 'daddy is at work.' Also, she says "play out" when she wants to say, 'I want to play outside.' Telegraphich Speech is normal at this age, and usually consists of two to three word sentences (Feldman, 2012, p.160). -
Initiative-versus-guilt stage
Mia is now at the age where she wants to be more independent, and she wants to try to do everything on her own. She just asked her dad to let her tie her shoe laces after she tried and was not succesful; she was feeling guilty for not letting her dad help her. According to Feldman (2012), this is the stage of Initiative-versus-guilt; kids can feel guilt after being unsuccessful at trying something on their own. This stage usually starts at age three and lasts until age six (p.243). -
Adolescent Growth Spurt
Mia is now 11 years old, and she has started her Adolescent growth spurt (Feldman, 2012, p.354). She was four feet, eleven inches tall when she was 10, and she already has grown 3.5 inches in one year. She is even taller than her cousin Ryan, who is 12 years old. -
Formal Operational Stage
Mia is 13 years old now, and she loves to use her ability to think abstractly, especially when arguing with her parents about certain rules or decisions. Feldman (2012), says that the formal operational stage happens around the age of 12, when adolescents are able to reason about different solutions for a problem. They are able to start with abstract possibilites and move to concrete ones (p.380). -
Adolescent Egocentrism
Mia is now 15 years old, and she is having a hard time taking responsibility for her actions. She is very quick to blame others, and does not take criticism well. Thus, she is experiencing Adolescent Egocentrism--"the state of self-absorption in which the world is viewed from one's own point of view" (Feldman, 2012, p.382).
