postnatal development

Question 1

what is the scammer’s growth curve

Answer 1

Not all tissue systems grow at the same rate…
Scammon’s growth curve is a summarization of the differential nature of postnatal growth

Question 2

by age 1, most children
motor development

Answer 2

-like to put object in their mouths
- pull-up to a standing position by holding onto furniture -> cruise
- have mastered grasping objects

Question 3

by age 1, most children
physical development

Answer 3

Physical Development:
● Have grown taller
■ A total of about 25 cm
● Gotten HEAVY
■ Many babies have tripled their birth weight.
● BIG heads
■ Head circumference, that is
● Still have a “baby” look, respective of head and body proportions.
● Will likely have a few teeth.