Infant Observation
Name of Child - Cyan
Child’s Age - 10 Month

After observing a tenth month old child for this Child Observation paper, I had taken many notes during the observing. The Purpose of this paper is recognizing the Physical, Cognitive, Biological, Social and Emotional development of the child. The child chosen for this child observation paper is a tenth month old male Cyan, who appears to a healthy normal child. His mother is half Indian and father is Indian. Mother and father are happily married. He lives in the hcyane with grandmother, mother, father, aunt, uncle an older female cousin who is three. Cyan comes from a middle class background and has no siblings. The author of this paper observed him in the living room of his home. His mother kept all of his toys spread out on the floor in the middle of the room so that the author of this paper could observe him while he plays. Cyan had many toys such as blocks, plush toys, rings, keys, a stationary jumper and a toy that is designed to help the child learn to walk.
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage : Cyan is in Trust VS Mistrust. Cyan is able to crawl across the room. He is able to stand and walk with the assistance of a piece of furniture. He is able to pull himself up from the sitting position holding on to the coffee table. Once he stands straight up he is able to walk around the table while holding on. He is able walk around the room if he is holding on to the toy that is designed to help an infant learn to walk. The child is able to wave good bye make face expressions, and able to say “dada”. He is able to understand the word no, but doesn’t always seem to obey it. When his name is called is responds to it. He will respond to nick names as well. He can drink from a bottle and a Sippy Cup independently. He plays patty cake, and gives kisses. At the end of the session the child was ready to sleep. Next day, Cyan is sitting on the floor with his toys around him. His mother sits on the floor next to him and he begins to hand his mother a series of toys. He is interested in the reaction of his mother as he hands her his blocks, one by one. Cyan leans forward, grabs a block and hands it to his mother. He watches her face and sort of drops his mouth open as he waits for her reaction. She then tells him the letter and color on the block. He nods his head forward and then reaches for another block and proceeds to pick up another block. After picking up 5 blocks and handing them to his mother he then crawls across the floor to a toy car and pushes it for a moment. He looks up at his mother to see what she is doing and pushes the car toward her. He smiles at her and she smiles back and say “Is that your car?” he smiles again and nods his head forward. Cyan is very interested in his mother’s reaction to him. She continues to watch him even when he is interested in a toy or moving away from her. He does check to see if she is pay attention to him as he plays. His mother starts picking up toys and organizing the room and he periodically goes over to her and becomes interested in what she is doing. Cyan seems very dependent on his mother’s mood. He smiles when she smiles and if she is distracted he wants to obtain her attention and seems to gauge and react to her facial expressions. It seems that their relationship is positive and his mother is very attentive. The benefits of working with young children the reasons for me is children tend to smile more than adults, when they are really young are not thinking about superficial thinks, like money, houses, and children really want to get attention when one is with children, always feels like a grownup children love to play, sing. When you see a kid, you see a great future ahead of him, so one can learn a lot from children. It’s really relaxing, because they are calm, and kind.