1. ( The Infant Years (0-4 Months)
How does your baby’s physical, social/emotional and intellectual domains compare to the developmental milestones patterns? Is it typical?
Developmental Answer Prove It (give examples from your reports) Example (give examples from the book)
Domain (Your original thoughts) (Cite your references) (cite your references)
Loren was born naturally after 10 hours of Typically labour lasts from 12 to 24 hours for
Loren’s birth was typical and her labour(virtual child reports).By one week, I the birth of a first child. (Children: A
developmental patterns are almost notice that Loren’s crying is rhythmic and chronological Approach,p.95).
Physical the same as typical. moderately loud, when she is hungry, wet or Newborn’s first attempt to communicate with
cold.(virtual child reports). others by crying. It tells parents that it’s hungry,
tired, angry or hurt.(Children: A chronogical
Apporch,pg.101)
Loren was easily irritated by loud noises and Sleeps about 6 hours before waking during the
Loren was awake often then typical intense stimulus. She wakes up at night in a night(Ages and Stages: A Brief overview, birth
babies. random manner.(virtual child reports) to 12 Years).
Social /
Emotional
Loren is showing more interest in her Infants spend a lot of time looking around. They
Loren was intellectually developing in surroundings. Loren smiles at familiar people seem to be scanning their environment
her 4 months old and she is meeting and toys, and able to laugh at surprising or broadly, and focusing on nearby objects.
Intellectual her developmental milestones. funny things, and is developing lots of cute little Infants have vision similar to that of adults, but
habits.(Virtual child reports) not entirely.(Children: Chronological
Approach,pg.136)

2. The Infant Years (5-8 Months)
How does your baby’s physical, social/emotional and intellectual domains compare to the developmental milestones patterns? Is it typical?
Developmental Answer Prove It (give examples from your reports) Example (give examples from the book)
Domain (Your original thoughts) (cite your references) (cite your references)
Loren is in pretty good health, except for Enjoy some finely chopped solid food (Ages and
Loren was very healthy when she was occasional bouts of indigestion and diarrhea. Stages: A brief overview, birth to 12 years).
6 months of age, and she was
Physical developing according to her age. After these brief bouts are over, Loren is
usually interested in trying new foods.(Virtual
child reports)
Loren’s social development is a little Loren becomes upset and clings to me. This Responds differently to strangers and family
bit slow. But I am not worried about usually occurs whenever she is in a new (Ages and stages: A brief overview, birth to 12
that. situation or meeting new people. (virtual child years)
Social / reports)
Emotional

3. Intellectual I notice that her intellectual skill is I notice that Loren seems to have little goals Focuses eyes on small objects and reaches for
developing. that involve two steps of planning ahead. I them(Ages and stages: A brief overview, birth
encourage her to point toys that are out of to 12 years)
reach and encourage her to keep trying when
there is an obstacle and I know she can
overcome it. (Virtual child reports).
The Infant Years (9-12 Months)
How does your baby’s physical, social/emotional and intellectual domains compare to the developmental milestones patterns? Is it typical?
Developmental Answer Prove It (give examples from your reports) Example (give examples from the book)
Domain (Your original thoughts) (cite your references) (cite your references)
Loren is very active crawler and is always on Crawling is important development of integrated
At 9 months Loren’s like to crawl. the go (virtual child reports) communication between the 2 sides of the
She is meeting her development brain.(www.emedicinehealth.com/infant_milestones)
Physical milestones.
Loren enjoys throwing every toy out of her Offers toys or objects to others but expects them to
She likes to play with me. crib and watching what happens, Loren be returned. (Ages and stages: A brief overview, birth
She is able to show her expects me to keep putting them back. to 12 years).
Social / temperament. An infant’s consistent mood and style of behavior is
Emotional Virtual child uses five dimensions of referred to as temperament. Arnold Buss and Robert
temperament to describe the child’s behavior Plomin (1984,1975) proposed that temperament
in the first 30 months. These are activity, involves three primary dimensions-emotionality,
sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. activity, and sociability. (Children, A chronological
cooperativeness and self control (Virtual approach, pg.201,202)
child reports).

4. Intellectual I am excited because Loren can At 12 months old Loren clearly understands a Says first word says da da, ma ma or equivalent likes
utter a single word at times. It also couple of dozen words and pointed at the to place objects inside one another.
seems quite typical. object in question. (virtual child reports). (www.emedicinehealth.com/infant_milestone).
The Toddler Years (2 Years old)
How is your child progressing based on typical toddler development?
Give specific examples in the areas of Physical, Social / Emotional and Intellectual domains.
Developmental Answer Prove It (give examples from the report Example (give examples from the book)
Domain (Your original thoughts) (cite your references) (cite your references)
At 2 years old, she was grown up Loren seems now to have a goal becoming No magic age signals the ideal time to start the
like a typical toddler but she had toilet trained and rarely has any accidents. process of toilet training. Some children develop the
cold in the last few months. (virtual child reports). necessary physical and cognitive skills at 18 to 24
Physical months, whereas others aren’t until they’re 3 or
4(boys are often slightly later than girls).
(www.babycenter.com).
I notice that Loren has some new emotion Basic emotion appears early in infancy, but complex
Her emotional behavior seems a she smiles when asked to be in photographs, emotion, such as feelings of guilt, embarrassment, or
typical toddler. looking guilty when she breaks something pride, don’t emerge until 18 to 24 months of age.
Social / and embarrassed when she has a potty (Children, A chronological Approach, pg.182).
Emotional accident. (virtual child reports).

5. Lorent’s memory is developing. She Loren recently has become good at solving At two, toddler can images in her mind organize
can solve problems and she can problems that she plans out in her hand. categories and arrange things in order. She will spend
Intellectual communicate well. Now she knows She is communicating better. But has plenty of time sorting, and she will point
gender differences. deficiency understanding of her. Out. (www.babycenter.ca/toddler/monthbymonth).
At two years toddler is becoming more
aware of gender differences. (virtual child
reports).

6. The infant years (Birth to 12 Months Old)
Identify specific health and safety considerations that you will have to consider during the infant years.
How will you address these issues?
Example:
Hand washing
Proper hand washing is essential to keeping infants healthy as their immune system is low. “Hand washing is
he most important health practice that parents /educators and children must implement to reduce the spread
of infections.”
(Pimento, Page 129) This was seen when my baby had many colds and ear infections within the first year.
Although it is common for infants to catch colds and infections, I need to use proper hand washing.
Now add your next point……
We always make sure that she is sleeping on her back, it reduced the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death
syndrome). I remove pillow, soft blanket from her crib, because those can cover her face that cause
breathing problem.
Breast milk is the best nutritious food for infants. It contains the right balance quantities and quality of
the three energy producing nutrients. Breast milk contains antibodies those provide infants with
immunity against some infections, bottle feeding does not offer that benefit. (Healthy foundations,
pg,251).
Loren becomes interested to hold toy and everything. So I removed all small toy, clothes from her crib.
I always make sure that, nothing is on the crib, which would stuck her.
Immunization is the most important way of healthy life. We immunized her timely to protect her from
infectious disease. Without immunizations children are getting sick and infections.(Healthy
foundations, pg,124)
We gave her high quality toys those are designed to be safe for infants to put in the mouth. We
sanitize those toy’s everyday(Healthy foundations, pg,140).

7. The Toddler Years (2 Years Old)
Have there been any environmental events that you think might have influenced your child’s development?
Does this create any health or safety concerns for your toddler?
When Loren was toddler her physical, social, intellectual domains are developing like a typical toddler. My
husband and I were concerned about the following safety consideration:
Balanced nutrition is the most basic elements which cannot be over looked. Toddler’s are at stage
when they are developing a sense of autonomy and balancing. That’s why we provide her all the
balance and nutritious food.
We noticed that Loren is interested about food. So we provide her new food and she takes it
spontaneously.
Car safety according to the highway traffic act. Is a serious offence and also it is a big safety of my child.
I never took my baby in the car without putting her in the car seat. Children must ride in a booster seat
until they are a minimum of 4 feet 9 inches( 145cm), or a minimum of 9 years old(
www.safekidscanada.com).
Loren is toilet trained now and rarely has any accidents. I want to make sure that after using toilet she
must wash her hands. I also make sure that, after her use of toilet, the surrounding is properly
sanitized.( Healthy Foundations, pg, 134).
When Loren was 24 months, she got a scary accident in the park, and got scratched up from her tri-
cycle. That’s why recently she avoids tri-cycle completely. I don’t push her to get back on the try-cycle.
I could help her when she will get back on it.