ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Growth and Development - Precise Answer ✔✔Infants: 5.7 oz per week
until approx 5-6 months.
-Should be double birth weight by 6 months
-Triple by 1 year
Growth and Development (Heat & weight) - Precise Answer ✔✔-
Height: (2.5 cm) 1 inch per month first 6 months
6-12 months .5 inches 1.5
Head circumference: 1.5 Centimeters a month for the first 6 months
0.5 cm for the following 6-12 months. Assess for proportion
-Note head and chest same for first 12 months
Body system maturation 01 - Precise Answer ✔✔- Respiratory: Infants=
belly breathers
-Cardiac: Variations in HR 30-35 bpm
-Hematopoietic: Infants 5-6 months have a physiologic anemia. May
happen as early as 3 months
-Immunologic: Wash hands to prevent germs. breastfeeding promotes
healthy immune system.
, Body system maturation 02 - Precise Answer ✔✔-Digestion: introduce
1 food at a time with 3 days between
-Stools will change with the addition of solid foods.
- Thermoregulation: Increased level of SIDS
-Renal
-Sensory: Babies have adult hearing in infancy.
- Depth perception develops 7-9 months
Fine Motor development (KNOW) - Precise Answer ✔✔2-3 months:
grasping objects
5 months: voluntarily grasps objects
7 months: transfers objects between hands
10 months: pincer grasp = Choking hazard
11 months: Able to remove objects from container
12 months: attempt to build a tower of two blocks
-Generally not successful
Gross motor development (P.871 ) - Precise Answer ✔✔- Head control:
2 months can lift head 90 degrees above floor plane
-Rolling over: Belly to back first at 5 months then 6 months is back to
stomach.
-Sitting 7 months by self. By 8 months, sits well unsupported.
-Locomotion: