012 months Includes growth in size and weight Increasing ability to control and coordinate body movements Never in a persons lifetime will there be more rapid growth and physical changes than during infancy ID: 559675
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Obj. 4.01 Physical Development0-12 monthsSlide2
Includes growth in size and weight
Increasing ability to control and coordinate body movementsNever in a person’s lifetime will there be more rapid growth and physical changes than during infancy.Slide3
Patterns of physical Development
Head to Foot: babies develop control in head and neck muscles first, control of muscles move down baby to end with legs and feetNear to Far: Development begins at the trunk of the body and moves outward to hands and fingers
Simple to complex: large muscle development takes place first, leading to fine muscle and more complex abilities laterSlide4
Proportion
Baby’s head and abdomen are large and the legs and arms are short and smallSkull has fontanels (soft spot)Slide5
Vision
Vision is blurry at birth but within a week or so, infant is aware of surrounding.Improves rapidly during the 1st
year.Slide6
Hearing
Language develops with hearing spoken words.Can tell the direction of sound.Slide7
Touch
Teaches infant about the environmentBecomes a more important sense for learning as the years progress.Slide8
Smell and Taste
In ten days they can distinguish their mother from other people by smell.Two week old babies can taste the difference between water, sour, sugar, salt and milk.Slide9
Voice
Shrill but softens as lungs matureChanges in voice results from physical growth of the throat muscles, tongue, lips, teeth.