0 to 3 years is a period of fast physical development. When born babies have very little control over their bodies. They have primitive reflexes such as sucking, grasping and rooting. Their head control is unsteady, but they will grasp at objects when they touch the palms of their hands. As they progress up to 12 months they will learn to watch movements of their own hands, they will be able to roll over, sit with support, sit without support, reach out for toys when sitting, and crawl or shuffle along the floor.
Between the ages of 3 and 12 a child greatly develops their hand eye coordination through activities such as drawing, painting and sports. By the age of 7 a child will be able to throw, catch and kick a ball with some accuracy which helps muscle development as well as coordination. The child will be very active and experience growth spurts. They will also be able to eat independently with the correct utensils, and tend to their own toileting needs. Children may develop nervous habits such as foot tapping at around the age of 8, this could pass but might become an involuntary
Between four to eight weeks the baby begins to turn from their side to back and can lift their head briefly from the lying on their tummy. Their arm and leg movements are jerky and uncontrolled and their head will lag if pulled to a sitting position. They will recognise their carer and familiar objects and will coo and gurgle. Their cry becomes more expressive depending on whether they are tired, hungry or need changing and usually stops crying when they see or hear a familiar voice. From eight to twelve weeks a baby will lift their head and chest when lying on their tummy and there is almost no head lag when in a sitting position.
Towards 18 months your baby will be able to use a spoon and control the spoons to their mouths, turn handles, pull off shoes and assist with dressing and undressing. Your baby will now stand without support and begin to walk during this stage, and will begin to climb on furniture and stairs, and come down again backwards, so will need constant supervision. Your baby should now be able to kneel without support, and may push and pull toys when walking. From around 15months your baby will be able to let themselves down in a controlled manner without dropping with a bump. At around 18months your baby's walking should be well established and they will no longer need to use their arms for balance.
1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children a young people’s development from birth to 19 years, to include: Physical development Communication and intellectual development Social, emotional and behavioural development The sequence of children’s development at 0 to 3 months. Physical development at 0 to 3 months. At 0 to 3 months, It is the norm for a baby to sleep most of the time and grow fast, whilst awake he/she can open and shut their hands and will start to kick their legs with movements gradually becoming smoother. They can wave their arms around and will eventually begin to hold objects when placed in their hand e.g. an appropriate size/shaped rattle.
1. Summarise the main development of a child from the age range 0-2 years, 3-5 years and 5-8 years. Children are unique individuals and develop at their own rate (Kamen 2008:59). Physical Development A baby will lie on its back from birth up to three months. From 3 months onwards the baby will begin to start lifting his head, kicking and grasping objects.
By 6-9 months, the baby is able to sit unsupported and will then begin to pull themselves up into a standing position. They will also start to drink from a beaker. Babies who follow the ‘normal’ pattern will begin to crawl between 9-12 months and will have developed their gross motor skills to pull
Task (A) Table 1 Physical Development Age Range | Explanation of sequence and rate of development | 0-3 Months | During birth to 1 month old the child is able to lie on its back with head to one side but is unable to hold head up by its self. Between 1 – 3 months the child is now able to grasp objects when they touch the palm of the hands, stretches legs out and kicks when lying on front or back, by 3 months the child is able to bring hands to its mouth. | 3-6 Months | When the child reaches 3 months it is able to lift head and turn when on front as well as being able to hold a rattle for a few seconds when placed in hand. During months 4-5 the child is now able to turn from back to side and uses arms for support
Females and males transcend the four phases, and surprisingly, some of the phases are similar for both sexes, while others are different. The first stage of the sexual response cycle is the excitement phase. In this phase, vasocongestion stimulates blood flow to the sexual organs during the excitement phase. Males may experience erection within three to eight seconds of stimulation, while females may experience vaginal swelling and lubrication in 10 to 30 seconds. Vasocongestion also causes swelling of breasts and nipples, testes, and the earlobes, because of dilation of blood vessels.
The inner two-thirds of the vagina expand and vaginal wall thicken and turn a deeper color. The commonalities for males and females in the excitement stage are the vasocongestion of genital tissues occur. The heart rate rises. There is muscle tension and the blood pressure increasing is also a commonality of the excitement phase for both men and women. The erection of the nipples is the last commonality of the excitement phase.