Physical Development of Infants at 0-12 Months: Proportions and Senses
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Slide1Obj. 4.01 Physical Development0-12 months
Slide2Proportion• Baby’s head and abdomen are large and the legs and arms are short and small • Skull has fontanels (soft spot)
Slide3Vision• Vision is blurry at birth but within a week or so, infant is aware of surrounding. • Improves rapidly during the 1 st year.
Slide4Hearing• Language develops with hearing spoken words. • Can tell the direction of sound.
Slide5Touch• Teaches infant about the environment • Becomes a more important sense for learning as the years progress.
Slide6Smell and Taste• In ten days they can distinguish their mother from other people by smell. • Two week old babies can taste the difference between water, sour, sugar, salt and milk.
Slide7Voice• Shrill but softens as lungs mature • Changes in voice results from physical growth of the throat muscles, tongue, lips, teeth.