Questions with Answers
Posterior Fontanels close - Correct Answer 2 to 3 months of age
Anterior Fontanels close - Correct Answer 12 to 18 months of age
Common (normal) weight loss right after birth - Correct Answer 5 to 7%
Birth weight is retained by - Correct Answer 2 weeks of age
Birth weight doubles by - Correct Answer 6 months of age
Birth weight triples by - Correct Answer 12 months of age
6 mo. fine motor skills - Correct Answer holds bottle
7 mo. fine motor skills - Correct Answer moves objects from hand to hand
12 mo. fine motor skills - Correct Answer tries to build a two-block tower without
success
Paget’s: Sensorimotor Stage - Correct Answer Birth to 24 months
-Separation, object permanence and mental representation
Separation - Correct Answer infant learns that other people and objects are
separate from himself
Object permanence - Correct Answer around 9 months of age the infant learns
objects exist when hidden from view
How does trust develop? - Correct Answer as needs are met
When does separation anxiety begin? - Correct Answer 4 to 8 months
peaks in toddlers
Age Appropriate Activities for infants - Correct Answer 1) watching faces and
listening to voices
2) short attention span
, 3 )engage in solitary play
Appropriate toys for infants: - Correct Answer rattles, mobiles, teething toys,
nesting toys, playing pat-a-cake, playing with balls, listening to someone read
Nutrition for the first 6 months should be? - Correct Answer breastfeeding or iron
fortified formula provides a complete diet for the first 6 months of life
Nutrition 4 to 6 months - Correct Answer solids can be introduced (one food at a
time)
Why do you only introduce one solid food at time? - Correct Answer to evaluate
allergy and tolerance
What is the first solid food an infant should be given? - Correct Answer iron fortified
rice cereal (later introduce yellow/orange veggies and fruit.
Foods to avoid in first yr. - Correct Answer Milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts, honey,
citrus fruit
When can an infant self-feed? - Correct Answer When the pincer grasps is
developed at about 9 months
When should you start weaning the baby from a bottle? How? - Correct Answer 6
months
introduce baby cup
Biggest safety areas with infants - Correct Answer 1) Aspiration and suffocation
2) bodily harm
3) burns
4) drowning
5) falls
6) poisoning
7) motor vehicle injuries
8) SIDS
Aspiration and suffocation - Correct Answer 1) age appropriate toys
2) chop food finely
3) check clothes and household objects for loose buttons or draw strings
4)
5)
SIDS Prevention - Correct Answer place babies on back
breastfeeding
pacifier when sleeping