Infancy

Physical Developmental
Milestones
When a baby is born is very apparent that its fragile and cant do much for
themselves in matter of sitting up, or moving themselves for instance like
crawling. According to American Academy of Pediatrics,(2009), By the end
of the first month, hell be much more alert and responsive. Gradually hell
begin moving his body more smoothly and with much greatercoordinationespecially in getting his hand to his mouth (as quoted in American Academy
of pediatrics,2009, Para. 1). But as we move on to the 6 month age of
infancy the baby can do a little bit more. A love of changes happen. But as
we move on to the 6 month age of infancy there is more happening that was
just not possible. In Berk (2013) discussed regarding the gross and finemotor skills at this stage age four in a half months a baby should be able to
turn their body over and back either in a crib or on the floor (p.148). At this
age you must me very careful when lying a baby down, your baby could
possible roll off the bed or the couch. At this stage a infant is constantly
exploring with different objects like chew toys their fingers and hands.

Cognitive Developmental
Milestones

Milestone at 1 year old

This is age of learning and figuring out many different things for instance
their like or dislikes. There is so much going on at this age the baby is
processing so much information and developing schemas. Learning new
foods, people, starting to develop words. CDC (2014) noted that children
that are in infancy will most likely be able to find hidden things easily,
copy gestures, explores things in different ways like shaking-bangingthrowing. Berk (2013) noted that Deferred imitation of everyday
behaviors in make-believe play(p.238). This is when your infant is able
to copy things he or she has learned. When a infant can recall what he or
she has learned.

Language Developmental
Milestones
Language developmental milestones during
the infant stages are very huge, and require
a lot of parent and caregiver interaction so
that the infant can learn as much as they
can to move on to the next stage of
development the toddler years. You should
see your infants beginning stages of
language development, they will start to say
words you probably have used in front of
them along with certain gestures like using
your hands. Berk (2013) noted infants
milestones are Begins to comprehend
words, and recognizes familiar words .Uses
communicative gestures(p. 395). A lot of
the times infants will point and make sounds
that sound like words when they want
something. They will eventually say what
they want in regards to what they want to
eat or what they want to do for instance if
they want to play with something or have
you give them something.

Atypical sign of
Development
Atypical sings of development are very apparent at this age of life. Your
pediatrician should have already explained to you what milestones your
child should be reaching at the infancy stage. Kelly Stanton (2009) noted
that if your child is showing signs of atypical development at the ages
between 1 year old to right before the age of two Does not crawl, stand
or walk, lacks interest in exploring the environment through movement,
uses on hand or leg much more than the other. Atypical signs could be
a sign of developmental delays or sometimes babies take awhile to
progress onto the next stage of developmental milestones. The best thing
to do is to make an appointment with your doctor to see if your child is
showing sings of Atypical of development, just to be on the safe side.

Strategy that families can use

in their childs learning
You can read to your child, watch videos, or sing songs that consist
of the basics for instance the alphabet and colors. At the same time
you can mimic or echo what is being taught. According to Johnson
(2014) noted that you can Take a cue from Sesame Street.
Dedicate each week to a letter of the alphabet. For instance, read
books that start with A, eat A foods, cut up snacks into that shape,
and write the letter on your sidewalk with chalk. There are many
things you can try to do, that will most likely be successful with.

Reference
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Stanton, Kelly. (2009). AbilityPath.org, Signs of Possible Developmental Delays: Gross Motor and
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