Infants Flashcards
Age of a newborn
0-30 days
Age of a infant
30 days to 1 year
Age of a toddler
1-3 years
Age of a preschooler
3-5 years
Age of a school age child
5-12 years
Age of a adolescent
12-20 years
How old does the Denver go up to
6
What are the four areas of concern for development
Fine motor, gross motor, language, social
Doctor visit schedule for infants
30 days, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
What is the job of growth charts
To plot growth over time
A child should double birth weight by when
6 months
A child should _______ birth weight by 1 year
Triple
When do you get alerted with growth shown in growth charts
It growth goes more than one standard deviation up or down
What should you plot every visit
Height and weight
Do height and weight percentiles have to be the same?
No
When do you measure head circumstance
Measured until child turns 2
When do you measure abdominal and chest circumference
Usually at birth to make sure baby is within normal limits
Elicited by stroking the cheek or edge of the mouth. Newborn turns the head toward the side that is touched and starts to suck
Sucking and rooting reflex
What is expected Babinski in newborn
Toes will fan up and out
What is cephalocaudal development
Child develops muscle control from head down
Why do the normal vital signs change in infants
Because the number of alveoli in lungs increase as lungs mature
Persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration in the extremities
Acrocyanosis
What is mottling
Lacy pattern of small reddish and pale areas. Is common because of the normal instability of the blood circulation at the skins surface
When do anterior fontanels usually close by
18 months
When do posterior fontanels usually close by
3 months
When do milia usually come out
3-4 weeks
What would you see in a newborn baby where the sutures cross
Caput succedaneum
What are characteristics of a cephalohematoma
Under the skin but still above the skull
Who do you usually see plagiocephaly in
Usually in infants but it can be congenital.when acquired it is most likely positional
What is treatment of plagiocephaly? why is it important?
You can’t shape head once fontanels close. If you use helmet as treatment it must be worn 23.5 hours a day and usually it is corrected in 3-9months
What is vision acuity at birth
20/200-400