PSYC 290N Week 2 Course Project I: My Virtual Life – Raise A Child: Section 1-Infancy: 8 to 30 months (GRADED)

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Raise A Child: Section 1- Infancy: 8 to 30 months Chamberlain College of Nursing Lifespan Development 1. How does your baby’s eating, sleeping, & motor development compare to typica... l developmental patterns? Jovan is a breastfeed baby until he turned three months due to my breastmilk supply. After that he was introduced with baby formula. His favorite baby food was mashed sweet potato & was very first given to him. Every new introduction was in a period of one week to avoid any allergic reaction. Also, cereal was introduced to him & I fed him most in the morning. He has his firs tooth as 5 months & that is a great start for solid foods. For most of the time, I was making sure that he is taking all needed proteins & vitamins thru his meals. At 8 months old, Jovan was napping three times a day for 2 hours at a time & usually right after feeding. He was felling at sleep with the pacifier in his mouth & after he will let it go. His schedule was already set up & how he was growing, the schedule was changing also. At 12 months he start extending his awake periods & wanted to stay up longer than before due to his curiosity & development. His crib was out of blankets, pillows & bumpers, & he was sleeping on his back until he started to flip over & finding his position to sleep on his side. Between the period of 8 to 13 months was somehow great milestones for him. He was putting all the objects that he was holding in his mouth. Pretty much I would say that he was experiencing the world thru his mouth. He was very alert all the time, whenever he will hear a sound, he was turning his head in the same direction. He liked the jumper a lot, & after that he start crawling. He had torticollis (stiff muscle on one side of the neck ) & once in a week for 45 minutes therapist was coming & providing some exercise for Jovan. Everything started getting easier when he started to sit because the number of exercise has doubled. His therapy has stopped at 11 months due to his great progress. Jovan start waking with holded fingers from his 8th month, but he was so unsure to leave my h&s & start walking by his own. His very few steps were right after his 1st birthday, but confidently by himself he started to walk when he was 13 months. 2. At 8 months of age, was your child an easy, slow to warm up, or difficult baby in terms of Thomas & Chess’s classic temperamental categories? On what do you base this judgment? According Thomas & Chess classical temperamental categories, I would consider Jovan as a mixture of slow to warm & difficult baby. I realized that by his body language in a presence of other people around. He was preferring holding in h&s, especially by me. Sometimes I liked that so much, but sometimes was uncomfortable when someone else was trying to hold him & play with him. He was probably overatached to me & that is why he trusted me only. He had separational anxiety due to spending every day with me. He was all the time with me, he recognized me by my smell, my voice, the way how I talk to him & sing. He was eager to interact with his older brother only. After his first year, he was so happy & laughing around children. It seemed like he was in heaven when a child approach him. Between 12 & 18 month he was less adjustable in new environments that he is now-30 months. Now Jovan is imitating, copying what I do & say as well, sometimes he is even pretend that he is sad in order to do something that I already said that he is not supposed to do. He is saying the alphabet, he counts to 20, know all the shapes & colors. He is more interactive with other people than he was 18 months old. 3. How is your child’s attachment relationship to you & your partner developing? What is happening at the 3-month & 8-month periods that might affect attachment security according to Bowlby & Ainsworth & various research studies? The Bowlby & Ainsworth theories were confirmed in my experience with Jovan. When Jovan was 3 moths definitely he was more attached to me that to his father. With time, he realized that he is part of the family & he is present every day in his life. My presence gave him more confidence from the begining, he was trusting me & that was enough for him. The period between 3 & 8 months he had chance to see & to be proven to Jovan that his father’s presence is also valued & can be trusted. At 8 month old he allow his father to hold him & cuddle, he was smiling to him, & they were playing together. Now they are great friends & r&omly Jovan is going to hug him, they are playing together. Jovan start crawling when he was seven months old. He was very curious & he wanted to check anything on his sight & way. I did challenge him to get me & stimulate with some toys to come & get them. He was so great with hidden object; his vision was so great that he followed me where I do hide & right after he knew where I could possibly put the toy or any other object. Jovan was imitating new words on 12 months old & he was trying to make his mouth in the same shape like we did. At 18 months he started solving easiest puzzles & sometimes gets frustrated & seeking for help. At 24 months Jovan already knew the alphabet & learn all the numbers to twenty, all shapes & colors. Also he was good in recognize the animals & imitate their sounds. Jovan shown interests in dancing & started to dance along family members. Sometimes if he had hard time to solve any problem he was loosing interest & moving on another toy. In a few week training he start saying “all done” when he wanted to spot play with current toy. Activity- Jovan was somehow in the group of active children. He was every morning up at 6 am & had great mood in the morning. He was reat crawler & after great & careful walker. Sociability- Jovan was more comfortable with people that he know & met often. He was most comfortable with me & trusts me the most. After turning 12 months, he start going more in his father lap & they were bonding in great way. After turning 12 months, I was spending more time with him & sometimes I felt that anxiety when I was going away. In a new situations he was right in my h&s or next to me feeling more secure, & with time getting more confortable. Emotionally- Jovan emotionally was somehow stable until 12 months. How he was getting older & meeting the environment around him, he developed somehow routine in our house with his toys & his brother. He started imitate how he is crying & sometimes get into tantrum if there is not the way that he wants to be. I have to say that he is very patient child- when he wanted a toy that his brother is holding, he was waiting for his brother to leave it & after that right away he was going after to get & watching if he sees him. He was very tactic when it comes to something that he likes, & I think that it is a positive property of his temperament. Aggressiveness vs. Cooperativeness- Until his 18 month, Jovan did not show any aggressiveness, not even when another child try to take his toys away. He simply can push her gently on the side, but aggressiveness I did not saw in Jovan’s personality until he turned 24 months. Self-control- Jovan was great in self-controlling & I have not seen any issues about losing his self-control. My opinion is that Jovan has to work on his tasks when he is losing interest in the middle of the game, without getting distracted from someone or something. Also his socialization is getting better as we started working on that. Also he shown great progress with saying “all done” when he wanted to finish playing with particular toy. As 12 months old, he wanted to swing on the playground mostly, but now he is all over it & exploring every part of the playground. Big event for him was when we went out of country for two months. It was new society, a lot of new people that he met, & he was sometimes fuzzy about all those celebration that we had to be present. He fit perfectly fine after few weeks & he was so happy when children were around him. He was smiling loudly & those were very pleasant moments for me. I think Jovan is progressing at a normal range. Now, he is bigger & there is communication between us. He is great n joint attention & likes group games, especially with his older brother. He is having great eye contact & he can say when he is hungry, even when he is pooping. He is playing “peek a boo” & like a lot when I am singing songs to him. When I am telling him that is a bath time, he is running to the bath tub & waiting for me. From the parenting philosophy aspect & practices, I would say that Jovan has tendency to follow directions & my lead mostly. For example when we play peek a boo, he is closing his eyes first, after that is my turn, & when I will show up on his vision, he is extremely happy. Social Learning theory is one very important to practice according me, & I think is very important Jovan to socialize. Also great socialization place for him is the daycare where he learned a lot. Daycare exp&s his abilities & way of acting playing learning methods somehow. Furthermore, his language vocabulary is richer now & every day he is coming with new word or idea for playing. It is very important for him to learn solving problems, & I am trying to help him cope & figure out some new challenged tasks appropriate for his age. Sometimes he is having repetitive behavior, but not to the level of significant concerning. His five years old brother is a great lead for rushing to grow up, & I am trying to balance his develop along to his brother. Jovan is up to date with the immunizations & pediatrician checkups. References Bee,H., Boyd, Denise. (2015). Lifespan Development.7th edition. [Show More]

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