Growth & Development Flashcards
Caloric requirements by age
Birth to 6 m: 120 kcal/kg/day 7m-1y: 100 2y-10y: 70 Adolescents: 45 Adults: 30-32
Adequate nutrition confirmed by weight gain
1st 3 months: 30g (1oz)/day
3-6 months: 15-20g/day
Vitamin D supplement 2 months to adolescence
400 IU/ day
Iron supplement
For exclusively breast-fed infants: 1mg/kg/day > 6mo (ideally from fortified cereals)
Weight gain progression
Initial 10% loss regained within 7-14 days doubles by 5 months of age triples by 1 year of age quadruples by 2 years school-age children gain 6 lb/ year
height progression 3 yo through school age
gain 2.5 inches/ yr
Tooth eruption
Come Little Children Munch Meat Central incisors Lateral incisors Cuspid First molar Second molar
Tooth eruption
Primary - age 6 months - central incisors
Permanent - 6 years - central incisors
Cognitive domain primary theorist
Piaget
Brain
doubles in size by 6 months, is 80% of adult size by age 2
Gross motor: good head control
2-3 mo
Gross motor: rolls back to front
5-6 mo
Gross motor: sits alone with no support
7 mo
Gross motor: pulls to stand
9 - 10 mo
Gross motor: stands alone
11-12 mo
Gross motor: walks
12-14 mo
Gross motor: walks up & down stairs
22-24 mo
Gross motor: jumps
24-28 mo
Fine motor: grasps & shakes rattle
2-3 mo
Fine motor: reaches for object
3-4 mo
Fine motor: hand-to-hand transfer
5-6 mo
Fine motor: raking grasp
6-7 mo
Fine motor: finger grasp
7-9 mo
Fine motor: pincer grasp
8-10 mo
Fine motor: marks on paper
10-12 mo
Fine motor: stacks 3 blocks
17-18 mo
Fine motor: stacks 6 to 7 blocks
22 - 24 mo
Language: smiles & coos
2-3 mo
Language: laughs
4-5 mo
Language: babbles
5-6 mo
Language: “Mama-dada”
8 - 9 mo
Language: waves bye-bye
8-9 mo
Language: understands “no”
9-10 mo
Language: points to body parts
15-18 mo
Language: 2-word sentences
18-22 mo
Language: 30-to-50-word vocabulary
22-24 mo
Smiles & coos
2-5 mo
Watches a person’s face intently
2-5 mo
Follows people & objects with eyes
2-5 mo
Laughs aloud
2-5 mo
Lifts head/ chest when on stomach
2-5 mo
Holds head steady when pulled to sit
2-5 mo
Grasps rattle placed in hand
2-5 mo
Startles to loud noise
2-5 mo
Babbles & combines vowel/ consonant sounds
6 - 9 mo
Turns to sound
6 - 9 mo
Responds to name
6 - 9 mo
Rolls over
6 - 9 mo