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Dr. PDevelopmental Parenting for ages birth through 2 years
In this paper I will be discussing one stage of childhood development and the parenting techniques. I chose to write about children from the ages of birth to 2 years old.
I chose this stage of development because I am a first time mom to a 3 month old, so I am just learning about the ages from birth to 2 years old.
At first infants genuinely require more from their parents (Drago, 2009). During the first 3 months babies do not have any organization and only gradually become more organized (Brooks, 2010). Newborns usually sleep between 16 and 18 hours a day
(Brooks, 2010). Normally newborns do not sleep through the night and they require more feedings, diaper changes, and so forth (Drago, 2009). Between the first 6 and 12 months babies start to sleep longer at night, between 8 and 12 hours (Brooks, 2010). Also at this time babies become more alert during the day, and also investigating the world with their eyes (Brooks, 2010).
At first infants live in the present but by the age of 8 or 9 months they realize that other people and objects are separate from themselves (Brooks, 2010). At about 9 or 10 months infants look for guidance through their parent’s expressions and emotions (Brooks,
2010). In the middle of the second year infants fantasize and pretend play copying their parents and siblings (Brooks, 2010).
Infant’s smiles and cries are early forms of communication, and gradually evolve into cooing and babbling (Brooks, 2010). On average, infants say two or three words by 1 year, 50 words by 18 months, and over 300 by the age of 2 (Brooks,2010). At every age infants understand more words then they actually speak (Brooks, 2010). By the age of 2 infants can almost form a sentence (Brooks, 2010).
At birth infants only have 3