© Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.. 8 Physical Development of the Infant.
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Key Terms
• skeletal system• failure to thrive• body proportions• ossification• deciduous teeth• motor
development• gross-motor skills
• fine-motor skills• age norm• crawl• creeping• cruising• voluntary grasping
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Objective
• Describe how an infant develops physically during the first year.
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Skeletal Growth
• Skeletal system is made up of bones and teeth
• Length– increase birth length by 30% during first
five months– reach 1.5 times their birth length during
first year– boys are usually ¾ inch longer than girls
by one year of age
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Skeletal Growth
• Weight– around 9 months, babies are rather
chubby as fat tissues increase– boys are usually 1½ pounds heavier
than girls by one year of age • boys have more muscle mass than girls• girls have more fat than boys
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Skeletal Growth
• Average length and weight during first year
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Age in Months
Length Weight
Birth 20 in. 7½ lbs.
3 23¾ in. 12½ lbs.
6 26 in. 26¾ lbs.
9 28 in. 20 lbs.
12 29½ in. 22¼ lbs.
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Skeletal Growth
• Failure to thrive is a condition in which a child fails to grow at a healthy rate
• Possible causes– disease preventing nutrient absorption– food not providing enough nutrients– feedings offered too infrequently or last
too short of a time– baby abused or neglected
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Skeletal Growth
• Body proportions (relative size of body parts) differ from those of adults– infant’s head one-fourth of total length;
adult’s head one-eighth of total height
• Head larger than chest• “Pot-bellied” abdomen and short legs• Center of gravity high on baby’s body
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Skeletal Growth
• Infant skeleton is mainly made of cartilage– large spaces between “bones” to help
the joints bend easily without breaking– skeletons are not sturdy, which makes
sitting and standing impossible– bones can easily become misshapen
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Skeletal Growth
• Babies need to change position often– tummy time encourages
rolling over, reaching, crawling
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Skeletal Growth
• During the first year, three changes occur in a baby’s bones– length increases– ossification (depositing of the minerals,
calcium, and phosphorus) begins– number of bones changes
• few bones in hand differentiate into many• parts of skull become one large bone
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Skeletal Growth
• Deciduous teeth (nonpermanent) appear in a predictable manner, but timing varies greatly– most babies begin
cutting teeth during second half of first year
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What Do You Think?
• How should families care for an infant’s deciduous teeth?
• Why is it important to practice healthy dental hygiene for teeth that will be replaced by permanent teeth at a later date?
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Objective
• Describe the order in which an infant’s motor skills develop.
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Motor Development
• Motor development is the use and control of muscles that direct body movements
• Gross-motor skills use large muscles– trunk, arms, legs
• Fine-motor skills use small muscles– hands, fingers
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Motor Development
• Baby’s motor skills develop in three main patterns– movements are slow because babies
must think as they move– reactions develop from general to specific– development occurs in two directions
• head-to-foot• center-to-extremities
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Head-to-Foot Development
• Begins before birth• Milestones are sequenced steps
– order of steps more constant than timing
• Age norm is a typical time when a developmental milestone occurs– can be expressed as an average age or
age range
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Head-to-Foot Development
• Crawl means to move by pulling with arms, not lifting abdomen from floor– about seven months
• Creeping means to move by using hands and knees or feet– between six and eight months
• Cruising means to walk by holding something for support– between 12 and 14 months
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Center-to-Extremities Development
• Control of arms, hands, fingers develop in stages– born with Palmar reflex– at two months, begin to swipe at
objects in an attempt to grasp them– about four months, grasping reflex is
replaced by voluntary grasping• well developed between five to six months
– at eight or nine months, pincer grasp is developed
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What Do You Think?
• How can adult caregivers support head-to-foot development and center-to-extremities development of infants? Describe some specific activities that can be incorporated into the infant’s daily schedule.
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• age norm. Typical time when a developmental milestone, such as walking or talking, occurs; an age norm can be expressed as an average age or an age range.
• body proportions. Relative size of body parts.
• crawl. Moving by pulling with the arms, but not lifting the abdomen from the floor.
Glossary of Key Terms
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• creeping. Moving by using the hands and knees or the hands and feet with the abdomen off the floor.
• cruising. Walking by holding something for support.
• deciduous teeth. First set of teeth, which will later be replaced by permanent teeth; also called nonpermanent or baby teeth.
Glossary of Key Terms
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• failure to thrive. Condition in which a child fails to grow at a healthy rate.
• fine-motor skills. Being able to use and control the small muscles, especially those in the fingers and hands.
• gross-motor skills. Being able to use the large muscles to roll over, sit, crawl, stand, and walk.
Glossary of Key Terms
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• motor development. Use and control of muscles that direct body movements.
• ossification. Hardening of bones caused by the depositing of the minerals calcium and phosphorus.
• skeletal system. Body system that includes the bones and teeth.
• voluntary grasping. Intentional grasping of objects.
Glossary of Key Terms
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