Muscular Coordination And Control

Question 0

infant at 1 month coordination and control?

Answer 0

Head sags
Poor head control

Review book: table 2 shows overview

Question 1

How do children develop muscular coordination and control?

Answer 1

Head to toe
Trunk to periphery
Gross motor to fine motor
Infants should be screened routinely because of rapid growth

Question 2

Infant at 2 months

Answer 2

Closing posterior fontanelle
Turns from side to back
Social smile
Eyes begin to follow moving object

Question 3

What are Things that affect growth and development

Answer 3

Frequent feeding very important
Gain 5-7oz weekly first 6 mo.

Attachment very important, look at parent infant attachment( holding, eye contact, respond to crying)

Question 4

3 month growth and development

Answer 4

More head control
Raise head up and prop up on arms and pull themselves up like that from stomachs
Smiles at mom
Laughs
Brings objects to mouth

Question 5

4 month g/d

Answer 5

Thumb apposition
Drools a lot

Lose newborn reflexes like tonic neck reflex (turn head and do the fencing thing) and moro reflex (lay baby down and begin to extend and grab with arms)

More social/aware

Question 6

5 months g/d

Answer 6

Birth wt doubles

Will take things handed to them
(Putting it in mouth, exploring things, batting at things and shaking things to make noise)

Question 7

6 mo g/d

Answer 7

Wt gain 4oz/wk in second 6 months
Start teething
Turns back to stomach
Safety issues at this point because of mobility

Question 8

7 mo g/d

Answer 8

Sits short periods
Grasps toys one hand
Fear of strangers begins to appear
Abrupt mood shift

Question 9

8 mo g/d

Answer 9

Stranger anxiety

Stages of separation anxiety

Question 10

9 mo g/d

Answer 10

Sits up self
Says “dada”
Responds to parent anger, picks up on emotions going on around them

Question 11

10 mo g/d

Answer 11

Crawls well
Pulls to standing
Vocalizes 2 or more words

Safety issues!!!

Question 12

11 mo g/d

Answer 12

Stand without support

Question 13

12 mo g/d

Answer 13

Birth wt tripled
Needs help walking
Sits from standing position
Eats w fingers
Says words other than mama dada

May attempt to feed self (watch n make sure dont put things in mouth that they dont need to be putting in mouth)

Babinski reflex disappears!!! Important

Question 14

Potential infant problems

Answer 14

Injury: major cause of death (aspiration: puts things in mouth, falls,car seats rear facing til good head control, burns

Failure to thrive: inadequate growth from inability to obtain or use calories

Developmental delay

Question 15

Foods not to give infant

Answer 15

Candy
Nuts
Grapes
Hot dogs

Encourage parents to not out fruit juice in bottles, may cause caries and teeth problems.

Question 16

Age appropriate toys

Answer 16

Birth-2mo: mobiles
2-4: rattles, cradle gyms
4-6: bright colored toys to grasp
6-9: lg toys w bright colors,movable parts, noisy
9-12: picture books (lg pics), push toys, teddy bears

Question 17

15mo g/d

Answer 17

Walks alone
Throws things
Holds spoon

Can put 2 blocks together

Question 18

18 mo g/d

Answer 18

Anterior fontanelle closes
Walks backwards
Climbs stairs
Thumb sucking
Temper tantrums can begin

Question 19

24 mo g/d

Answer 19

300 word vocab
Obeys easy commands
Jumping

Question 20

30 mo g/d

Answer 20

Walk tip toe

Remember:
Sphincter control for toilet training (age 2.5-3yr)
Birth wt quadrupled