Ch. 7 Parenting Infants and Toddlers

Question 1

What Galinsky stage of development for parents are infant parents in?

Answer 1

Stage 2: Main tasks is to develop an attachment relationship with child and adapt to the new baby

Question 2

Domains of Trajectories: Parenting Infants and Toddlers

Answer 2

• Nutrition
  ○ Breast feed vs. formula
  ○ Milk supply
  ○ Latching
  
  • Healthcare
    ○ Vaccines
    ○ Choosing a pediatrician
  • Protection
    ○ Who gets to hold the baby
  • Attachment
  • Sleep
    ○ Co sleeping

Question 3

Daily routine for Infant and toddler parents

Answer 3

• Newborns sleep 16-17 hours a day (65%)
  ○ Decreases from 65% - 57% over the first year
  ○ 30 months dramatic shift in day/night
  ○ Affected by genetics and environment

Question 4

Fussing & Crying

Answer 4

○ Decrease in time spent crying
○ Colic
○ Shaken baby syndrome

Question 5

What does PURPLE stand for?

Answer 5

Peak of crying
Unexpected
Resists Soothing
Pain-like
Long Lasting
Evening

Question 6

Brain Development

Answer 6

• Triples in size during the first 5 years
  ○ Grows from ¼ to ¾ of adult brain weight (2¼ lbs.)

Question 7

Neurogenesis

Answer 7

the creation of new neurons

Question 8

Synaptic pruning

Answer 8

the formation of connections of the neurons
- Human interactions is a primary form

Question 9

Myelination

Answer 9

the fatty substance that wraps the neurons

Question 10

Proximodistal

Answer 10

inner torso to limns (inside out)

Question 11

Cephalocaudal

Answer 11

Head to toe (top-down)

Question 12

“bottom-top”

Answer 12

prefrontal cortex is the last to develop

Question 13

Patricia Kuhl (2004)

Answer 13

• Looked at language development in young children
• Found the capacity for babies to learn new language
• Screens cannot replicate/replace human beings/human interactions

Question 14

Forming Attachments: Origins of Social Interactions

Answer 14

○ Turn-taking
- Peek-a-book
○ Synchrony- Sharing an emotion at the same time
- Laughter
○ Reciprocity- Being supportive of one another
- Tapping a nose
○ Complementarity- Extending an emotion
- Touching a hand

Question 15

Thomas & Chess: Early Temperamental types

Answer 15

There is a Spectrum
○ Difficult Child (10%)
- irritable, irregular biological rhythms
- intense response to new situations
○ Easy Child (40%)
- happy, regular biological rhythms
- accept new situations
○ Slow to warm up, inhibited, child (15%)
- Reluctant/hesitant in new situations

Question 16

Parenting Toddlers

Answer 16

• Intentional Socialization
• Teaching the skills, values, and behavior for competent functioning