PEDS Flashcards
Birth to 6M - weight
Weekly gain of 5-7 oz. Birthweight doubles by 6M
Birth to 6M- height
Monthly gain of 1 in.
6M to 1 year- weight
Weekly gain of 3-5 oz. Birthweight triples by 1 year
6M to 1 year- height
Monthly gain of 1/2 in. Birth length increases by 50% by 1 year
Toddlers- weight
Birthweight quadruples by age 2 1/2
Toddlers- height
Height at age 2 is 50% of eventual adult height
Preschool- weight
Yearly gain of 2-3 kg
Preschool- height
Birth length doubles by age 4
School age- weight
Yearly gain of 2-3 kg
School age- height
Birth length triples by age 13
Puberty for females- weight (10-14 y/o)
Yearly gain of 7-25 kg
Puberty for females- height (10- 14 y/o)
Height gain of 2-10 in.
Puberty for males- weight (11-16 y/o)
Weight gain of 7-30 kg
Puberty for males- height (11-16 y/o)
Height gain of 4-12 in.
Erikson’s Infant stage (0-18M)
Trust vs. Mistrust
Feeding/Comfort
Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability.
Erikson’s Early Childhood stage (2-3 y/o)
Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt
Toilet training/ Dressing
Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence.
Erikson’s Preschool stage (3-5 y/o)
Initiative vs. Guilt
Exploration/Play
Children need to begin asserting control and power over the environment.
Erikson’s School Age stage (6-11 y/o)
Industry vs. Inferiority
School/Activities
Children need to cope w/ new school and academic demands.
Erikson’s Adolescence stage (12-18 y/o)
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Social Relationships/Identity
Teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity.
Piaget Cognitive Development- Birth to 2 y/o
Sensorimotor stage
First stage of child’s mental development which mainly involves sensations and motor skills such as hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, moving, manipulating, biting, chewing, and so on.
Piaget Cognitive Development- 2 to 7 y/o
Preoperational stage
Children use their mental ability to represent events and objects in a various ways like using symbols, gestures and communication, and so on thus their logical reasoning are not yet organized or developed
Piaget Cognitive Development- 7 to 11 y/o
Concrete-Operational Stage
Child becomes more stable, think operationally and use logical reasoning rather than intuitive thought.
Piaget Cognitive Development- 11 y/o through adulthood
Formal-Operational thought
Become more systematic and reasonable, they can’t only reason of tangible objects and events but also they possess capability of reasoning and thinking in more abstract, hypothetical and idealistic ways
Fine Motor Development Infant- 1M
Closed hands
