1. Human Growth and Development
Day #9
April 8, 2010

2. Agenda Watch Taylor slide show Post - partum issues Infancy
Film: The Child – part 1
Assignment

3.
October 2008
Amillia is also taking steps in their Homestead home and sounding out her few words and developmentally progressing very well.
26 pounds ½ inches tall

4. Interventions for Low Birth Weight/Preterm Infants
Kangaroo care -- a way of holding an infant so that there is skin-to-skin contact for two to three hours per day over an extended time in early infancy (Feldman & others, 2003)
Massage therapy -- firm stroking with the palms of the hands three times per day for 15-minute periods (Field & others, 1986)

5. Bonding
Bonding -- formation of a connection, especially a physical bond, between parents and the newborn in the period shortly after birth
Bonding is inhibited by
Anesthesia during labor
Hospital policies that separate mothers from infants

6. The Postpartum Period
Postpartum period -- lasts for about six weeks after childbirth or delivery or until the mother’s body has completed its adjustment and has returned to a nearly prepregnant state
Physical and psychological adjustments

7. Physical Adjustments
Fatigue can undermine the new mother’s sense of well-being and confidence in her ability to cope with a new baby
Dramatic changes in hormone production
Involution -- process by which the uterus returns to its pre-pregnant size

8. Emotional and Psychological Adjustments
Baby blues -- two to three days after birth, many women begin to feel depressed, anxious, and upset
Postpartum depression -- a major depressive episode about four weeks after delivery
strong feelings of sadness, anxiety, or despair that for at least a two-week period inhibit coping with daily tasks

9. Fathers’ Adjustment
Fathers also undergo considerable adjustment in the postpartum period, even when they work away from home all day
Many fathers feel that the baby comes first and gets all of the mother’s attention
Some feel that they have been replaced by the baby.
(Cox, 2006; Piheiro & others, 2006)

10. Treatments for Postpartum Issues
Without professional treatment, postpartum depression may become worse and last for many months (Driscoll, 2006)
Parents should set aside some special time to be together
Father’s postpartum reaction also likely will be improved if he has taken childbirth classes with the mother and is an active participant in caring for the baby

11. Growth from Birth to Age 1
PSYC 1120
Chapters 4 – 8
Part 1

12. The Brain Right and left halves are joined by the corpus callosum.
House calls it the Brooklyn Bridge connecting the two most important neighborhoods
Myelination

13. Myelin Sheath Insulation on axon to improve speed of transmission.
Also insulates axon from activity of other neurons.

15. Film: The Child

16. Reflexes
Survival reflexes
Breathing
Sucking
Rooting
Swallowing

17. Other Reflexes
Startle or Moro
Babinski
Walking (stepping)
Swimming

18. http://videos. howstuffworks
channel/398-understanding-the-brain- development-video.htm
4-in-control-reflexes-video.htm
5-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-the-pathways- video.htm

19. Motor Skills
Gross Motor Skills large body movements such as running, climbing, jumping and throwing
Earliest and easiest to be mastered

20. Fine Motor Skills are smaller body movements such as drawing, buttoning, coloring, tying shoes, using tools, etc..
require some maturation nervous system of to develop

21. Types of Play* Sensorimotor Play Parallel Play Rough and Tumble Play
Play Face
Mastery Play
Dramatic Play * not a complete list; categories are not mutually exclusive

22. Assignment Finish reading Chapters 4-6 Infancy
Begin reading Chapters 7 – 8 Preschool