3.01 Test Flashcards
How should you dress your baby?
You should dress your baby as you dress yourself; dress your baby for the season/weather plus one layer
What materials should you avoid on your baby’s clothes?
Buttons, ribbons, strings, appliques, or anything scratchy
How should you put clothes on your baby?
Place the baby on top of the clothes and wrap the clothes around them
What do hats help babies with?
Regulating body temperature
What helps with diaper rash?
Vasaline
What should you avoid feeding your baby?
Foods that are high in sodium, foods that have added sugars, honey, and unpasteurized foods/beverages
What is the “head to toe” growth of a baby called?
Cephalocaudal
What is the “near to far” growth of a baby called?
Proximadistal
What reflex occurs when you put your finger in a baby’s palm?
Grasp reflex (palmer)
What reflex occurs when you stroke a baby’s cheek?
Rooting reflex
What reflex occurs when you touch the roof of a baby’s mouth?
Sucking reflex
What is the “startle reflex” called?
Moro Reflex
What is the reflex that causes babies to appear like they’re dancing or taking steps when being held upright?
Step reflex
What is the reflex that causes babies placed on their bellies to pull their legs under their body and kick them out in a crawling motion?
Crawling reflex
What is the reflex that causes the baby’s big toe to bend back toward the top of the foot and the other toes to fan out when the sole of the foot is stroked?
Babinski reflex
What reflex causes the baby’s head to turn left or right while they’re laying down?
Tonic Neck reflex
What reflex causes the baby’s toes to wrap around a finger pressed against their foot?
Plantar Grasp reflex
What do reflexes indicate?
How the nervous system is working
What are the fine motor skills?
Grasping as a reflex, making contact with objects, palmer grasp, pincer grasp
What are developmental milestones?
Things most kids can do by a certain age
What are examples of developmental milestones?
Jumping, speaking, waving
What are some positive parenting tips?
Read to your baby, give your baby lots of praise and attention, talk to your baby
How many total sleep hours does a newborn need?
16 hours
How many total sleep hours does a 1 month old need?
15.5 hours
How many total sleep hours does a 3 month old need?
15 hours
How many total sleep hours does a baby need at 6 months, 9 months, and 1 year?
14 hours
What is SIDS?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
How should you put your baby to sleep in order to avoid SIDS?
Alone on their back in a crib
You can share a room with your baby, but never a what?
Bed
What object helps with SIDS?
Pacifiers
What is SBS?
Shaken Baby Syndrome
What is the purple cry?
Behavioral activity in infants where they cry spontaneously for long periods of time for no apparent reason
What does PURPLE stand for in Purple Cry?
P- peak
U- unexpected
R- resistant
P- pain
L- long-lasting
E- evening
When do babies begin teething?
Around 5 months
What kinds of food should you feed your baby while they’re teething?
Soft foods
5 recommendations for what to feed your baby
Eggs, beans, rice, nuts, seeds
What are gross motor skills?
Coordination of large muscles
What is the way to hold a baby where the baby is resting on the inside of your elbow?
The cradle hold
What is the way to hold a baby where you hold them up to your chest?
The snuggle hold
What is the way to hold a baby where their legs are underneath your arm?
The football hold
What is a great way to hold your baby if they’re awake and alert?
The face to face hold
What is the way to hold a baby where the baby is laying on their belly on your arm?
The belly hold
