Infancy

Infancy: period from birth to the first birthday
Neonates:just after birth babies are called like this
Apgar scale:rates their heart and rates their respiratory
Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale:measures baby reflexes
Rooting reflex:when they move toward a bottle on their mothers breast
Bonding:emotional connection
Postpartum Period:mothers who have given birth need some rest
Postpartum Depression:an intense sadness and oftentimes emotional withdraw
Proximodistal Development:infants learn to control their abdominal muscles
Cephalocaudal development:the way babies develop from the top of the head down to their extremities
Shaken baby syndrome:tragic injuries that occur when babies are shaken
Crawling:type of dragging movement
Creeping:movement of when you use the hands and knees to move
Palmar Grasp:to scrape up an object with their fingers and thumb
Pincer grasp:when picking up small things
Food intolerances:reactions to foods that are unpleasant
Sensorimotor stage:move from reflexes to interacting with the world
Object permanence:understanding that people,places, and things exist
Receptive language:understand language much more then they can form words
Trust versus mistrust:the socio-emotional development
Attachment:the emotional connection between the child and the care giver
Stranger anxiety:when a stranger can not replace the caregiver
Seperation Anxiety:they feel this when their care giver leaves them with someone else
Unoccupied Play:when the baby observes and focuses on a object
Solitary play:when the infant plays alone
Temperament:the differences in the way people interact with the world