Question

Observation # 1 -Infant UNDER 12mo

Observation #1

Infant under 12 months

Introduction: Purpose

The purpose of the observation is to demonstrate your gained knowledge of the Infant period of development through application of concepts during observations of a child. Each question answered needs to provide evidence of your understanding. You can observe the child as often as necessary to gain all of the information needed to adequately answer each question.

Part 1 Each observation session

For each observation session list the date and time frame of the observation, where you are, who you are observing, and what is happening around you. Briefly give a description of the setting and the child (if you provided this during the first session you do not need to do this again). Each section should be no more than 3 or 4 sentences. *See paper format for examples

A few tips……

You cannot observe a child while they are napping, watching TV or playing video games! If the child chooses to engage in these activities you must choose another time to observe.

Remember that the younger the infant the less alert time you will have to work with. Observing an infant will give you the ability to see many of the reflexes discussed in the text but you might need to plan multiple observation sessions to gather enough information to answer each question completely.

Using the information discussed in the text as well as the provided supplemental information posted to blackboard answer the questions below for twoobserved reflexes or voluntary movements. You can work with the infant to produce the reflex if needed.

Rooting reflex

Moro reflex

Grasping reflex

Walking/Stepping

Babinski

Tonic-neck

Describe the reflex as demonstrated by the infant during the observation.

What would you expect a baby this age to do? Describe the reflex as outlined in the text. (because this knowledge is based on information in the text, this is where you will want to cite from the text If you utilized information from another source this must be cited also. Remember to discern between a reflex and a voluntary movement)

Is the child developing typically? (what tells you this is typical? Did you get the information from the text….. then make sure to cite)

Using the motor development table provided in our text (figure 5.4) as a reference, describe both the gross motor and fine motor development exhibited by the infant.(make sure you understand the different between these two terms).

Is the infant’s motor development considered typical? Why or why not? (because this knowledge is based on information in the text or other supplemental information, this is where you will want to cite where your information came from.)   

The textbook discusses the early sensory capacities of the infant. Describe at least two of these from the list below.(You will probably need to set up an experiment to answer this question. Make sure to carefully read the section in the text as well as the supplemental information. Make sure you correctly understand the terminology)

Touch and Pain

Smell and Taste

Hearing

Site

Describe what you observed for each of the capacities you observed. (remember you only need to choose two).

Is the ability appropriate for the infants age?

Has the infant developed object concept?

Describe the observation you made which provided this information. What is typical for a child this age? (because this knowledge is based on information in the text, this is where you will want to cite from the text. To gather this information you might need to set up a mini-experiment).

Using table 6.3 as a guide discusses the infant’s language development? (Make sure you understand the difference between these types of communication and apply the terms correctly)

Give specific examples of the child's communication skills and their comprehension. (These examples should come directly from you observation, Do Not say “they didn’t do this here but I know she……if you don’t get an example the first time you observe GO BACK)

What would you expect a baby this age to do? (because this knowledge is based on information in the text, this is where you will want to cite from the text)

Is the child developing typically? (what tells you this is typical, did you get the information from the text….. then make sure to cite. Do not simply answer yes or no.)

Did you see examples of separation anxiety or stranger anxiety.

What is considered typical for a child this age? ( remember what the research says about the typical age infants develop these concepts, this is a great opportunity to define these concepts to help check your understanding of them)

Is the child developing typically? (what tells you this is typical, did you get the information from the text….. then make sure to cite)

Using the description discussed in the text as a guide identify the baby's temperament type. (Remember to use the correct terminology used in the text book).

Provide and discuss specific examples from the child’s behavior.

How is this formatted or suppose to be done I am so confused ???

Answer 1

Age of the baby: Infant under 12 months. (observation done for a girl baby near my residence). Girl baby is 11 months child.

Rooting reflex: This is the very first reflex that starts when the baby's mouth is touched. The baby turns her head and opens her mouth to follow the root in the direction of our touching. By which, the baby could find the breast of the mom to have feeding. This started on the day of her first breast fed and would last for about 2 to 3 months.

Moro reflex: This reflex makes the baby to cry or laugh, turn her head for a sound or clap, stretches her arms and legs to some sounds. She turns her head when she wanted to see something at the back of her head when you are holding her on your lap. This reflex started when she was about 3 months old.

Grasping reflex: If you touch the baby's hand when it is open, she started closing her fingers on her own. She was doing when she was about 5 to 6 months.

Walking/Stepping: This appears when the baby was held upright to start trying to walk or try to walk or step to dance. This started by the end of 10 month and beginning of 11 month.

Babinski: This occurred when you touch the baby's foot while applying oil massage to baby. This would make the baby to move her toes upward and downward.

Tonic-neck: This reflex would happen when the baby reaches the age of 6 months. This is moving the elbows on another side while head is on one side; stretching out you can say.

In all the above reflexes, the baby's development is typical. The term typical refers to the actual and gradual development of the child is in the right way and nothing is abnormal here. During the first year of a newborn baby, the baby's growth speed is tremendous. The weight of the baby would increase to double by the months of 5 or 6, and it would be thrice on the day of birth by the end of 10 or 11 months. When this baby was born, she was 3.5 kg, but by the month end of 5, she reached 6.72 kg, and at the end of the 10 months, she gained some more weight and reached the 9.5 kg. Her weight is also typical here. Her development has been marked then and there and it shows a typical marking in her chart.

MOTOR DEVELOPMENT CHART: This chart has been marked either by the mom or by the pediatrician while going for monthly check ups of the baby. This includes sucking, listening to our voice, tapping legs for music, laughing on looking some funny activities around her, able to hold a spoon or a paper or a toy properly, hold her water bottles, trying to say bla, bla, bla and single words, trying to walk using a walker, able to sit properly without support, showing her laughing face to new people around the house, enjoys on seeing balloons, funny activities, listening to cartoons and rhymes, etc. For this baby, it shows the gradual incremental graph starting from her birth to 11 months.

Sensory capacity of the child: This shows how active the child is sensory wise.

Touch and Pain: If you touch the baby softly and gently, it would smile or turn her head on your side. If you pinch her, she would start crying because of the pain. Here, this baby could do it properly for both.

Smell and Taste: Whenever I make her food, she could smell it very nicely and could crawl near her eating place and could wait for me to come to feed her. Due to the taste of the food, she will eat it obediently without making any problems. While feeding her, I used to make her sit on her chair and she wanted to say me an interesting story. So, by the end of the story, she would complete her food.

Hearing: She is very much interested in listening to stories and rhymes. She enjoys a lot on watching me doing some funny noises like a dog, cat, cow, etc. and activities (running like a rabbit, walking like a horse, etc).

Site: She is very much interested in going out in the evening to nearby park, where she has so many friends ranging from her age to old age people. She enjoys showing her giggling face to everyone she knows. This is a daily routine activity of her.

All the capacities of the baby I observed are very normal and up to her age. The ability of the baby is more appropriate to her age. She is able to understand the concept of eating, playing, listening, making noise to convey us (either by crying or telling ah, bla, single words like ma, pa, etc.). All these are typical to her age.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: By the end of 9 months, she started telling bla, bla, and by the end of 10 month, she started saying amma, papa, mama, ka, pa, etc. Whenever she wanted something, she will call others around her by making noise. She listens to the story everytime I say to her. When you are calling her by name, she responds very quickly. When she is in the walker, she could come directly to me very quickly and dashes me with the walker, when I am doing some other job and not listening to her. All these are very well appropriate to her age.

SEPARATION ANXIETY AND STRANGER ANXIETY: When I am not in her room, when she is awake; she will start crying loudly to call me. When I just show my head to the room, or saying something to her, she stops crying. This is actually a typical example of separation anxiety. When we gone out for a trip, she was seeing some strangers near her; she looked at me blankly and started holding my hand very tightly. Once upon a time (may be by 8 months), when she was happened to be alone at the cradle, one nanny came to see her and took her from the cradle; she started crying very loudly, to get my attention. When I reached the place and got her back, the crying was gone. Her development is normal and correct to her age.

In this age, the child wanted to see new things more. She enjoys watching new people around her. She enjoys going out with parents or friends. She enjoys watching cartoons. She enjoys listening to rhymes with action. She enjoys eating different tastes mostly sweets, chocolates, and even ice creams. She enjoys playing with toys. She shows her face differently to different things, like anger, shyness, happiness, fear, etc.