Growth and Development Flashcards
What age does the posterior fontanel close at?
6-8 weeks
What age does the anterior fontanel close at?
12-18 months
When does the first tooth appear?
6-10 months
By the end of the first year how many teeth do kids have
6-8 teeth
How much does a baby weigh at 5 months old
Doubled the birth weight
How much does a baby weigh at 12 months
Triples the birth weight
Gross motor skills at 1 month
- Has head lag
Fine motor skills at 1 month
- Strong grasp reflex
Gross motor skills at 2 months
- Lifts head off mattress when prone
Fine motor skills at 2 months (2)
- Holds hand open
- Grasp reflex begins to disappear
Gross motor skills at 3 months (3)
- Raise head and shoulders when prone
- Slight head lag
- Bears weight on forearms
Fine motor skills at 3 months (3)
- No grasp reflex
- Holds rattle
- Keeps hands loosely open
Gross motor skills at 4 months
- Rolls from back to side
Fine motor skills at 4 months
- Holds objects with both hands
Gross motor skills at 5 months
- Rolls from front to back
Fine motor skills at 5 months (2)
- Grasp objects voluntarily
- Places objects directly in their mouth
Gross motor skills at 6 months
- Rolls from back to front
Fine motor skills at 6 months (2)
- Holds bottle
- Picks up dropped objects
Gross motor skills at 7 months (2)
- Bears full weight on feet
- Sits leaning forward on both hands
Fine motor skills at 7 months
- Moves objects from hand to hand
Gross motor skills at 8 months
- Sits unsupported
Fine motor skills at 8 months
- Uses thumb and index finger in crude pincer grasp
Gross motor skills at 9 months (2)
- Creeps on hands and knees instead of crawling
- Pulls to standing position
Fine motor skills at 9 months
- Better pincer grasp
Gross motor skills at 10 months
- Changes from prone to sitting
Fine motor skills at 10 months
- Holds handle of a rattle
Gross motor skills at 11 months
- Walks while holding onto something
Fine motor skills at 11 months (3)
- Good pincer grasp
- Drops objects on purpose to be picked up
- Puts things in containers
Gross motor skills at 12 months (2)
- Sits down from standing without help
- Walks with one hand being held
Fine motor skills at 12 months (2)
- Tries to build a tower with 2 blocks unsuccessfully
- Turn pages of a book
Vaccines at birth
- Hep B
Vaccines at 2 months (6)
- DTaP
- Rotavirus (RV)
- Poliovirus (IPV)
- Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
- Pneumoccal (PCV)
- Hep B
Vaccines at 4 months (5)
- DTaP
- RV
- IPV
- Hib
- PCV
Vaccines at 6 months (6)
- DTaP
- IPV
- PCV
- Hep B
- RV
- Hib
Infant car seat guidelines (3)
- Car seat at 45 degree angle
- Shoulder harness in slots at or below level of shoulders
- Retainer clip at arm pit level
Gross motor skills at 15 months (2)
- Walks without help
- Creeps up stairs
Fine motor skills at 15 months (2)
- Uses a cup well
- Builds towers with 2 blocks
Gross motor skills at 18 months (5)
- Runs clumsily
- Falls often
- Throws ball overhand
- Jumps in place with both feet
- Pulls/pushes toys
Fine motor skills at 18 months (3)
- Uses spoon without rotating
- Turns 2-3 pages of a book at a time
- Builds tower with 3-4 blocks
Gross motor skills at 2 years (3)
- Walks up/down stairs using both feet on each step
- Runs with wide stance
- Kicks ball without falling
Fine motor skills at 2 years (2)
- Build towers with 6-7 blocks
- Turns individual pages of a book
Gross motor skills at 2.5 years (3)
- Jumps with both feet across the floor/off of things
- Takes a few steps on tiptoes
- Stands on one foot briefly
Fine motor skills at 2.5 years (2)
- Draws circles and crosses
- Good hand-finger coordination
Language at 1 year
One word sentences
Language at 2 years
2-3 word sentences
Language at 3 years
Simple sentences
Vaccines for 12-15 months (5)
- IPV
- Hib
- PCV
- MMR
- Varicella
Vaccines at 12-23 months
Hep A
Vaccines at 15-18 months
DTaP
Gross motor skills at 3 years (4)
- Alternates feet when going up/down stairs
- Rides tricycles
- Jumps off bottom stair
- Stands on 1 foot for a few seconds
Fine motor skills at 3 years (3)
- Builds towers using 9-10 cubes
- Imitates cross when drawing
- Draws a circle with facial features
Gross motor skills at 4 years (3)
- Skips/hops on one foot
- Throw ball overhead
- Catches ball reliably
Fine motor skills at 4 years (4)
- Uses scissors
- Laces shoes
- Copies square
- Traces cross/diamond
Gross motor skills at 5 years (4)
- Jumps rope
- Walks backward heel to toe
- Uses stairs easily
- Throws/catches balls easily
Fine motor skills at 5 years (4)
- Ties shoelaces
- Uses pencil well
- Prints some letters
- Draws most of a stick figure
Magical thinking
Thoughts can cause events to happen
Animism
Inanimate objects are alive
Centration
Focuses on 1 aspect instead of the whole
Vaccines at 4-6 years (4)
- DTaP
- MMR
- Varicella
- IPV