This is the time to watch the child exploring this little world all by himself. The 8 month old baby will be in a stage of bump landing most of the times. The parents might skip a beat. It is advised that the parents keep control on their desire to help the child and let [...]
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The new world starts for the baby when he is 7 month old. The baby will now learn to support herself. The baby starts loving the bouncing act and she does it by putting more weight on the legs. The 7 month old baby will now sit without any support. The baby will learn to [...]
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The baby’s world becomes more interesting as the baby reaches the age of 6 months. The 6 month old baby starts exploring new things and the development is more evident now. The baby starts exploring things with the use of his hands. He will start dropping things and will start pulling objects towards himself. The [...]
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As the baby grows there are lot of changes that the baby goes through and when the baby is 5 month old, there could be changes that can be seen. Just a month back, the baby was not even aware about the existence of the objects and now when he is 5 month old, he [...]
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Early adolescence is the age when kids begin to transform into a different personality and start to experience newer things related to health, psychology, surroundings etc. Changing bodies and minds From twelve to about fourteen, the main psychological challenge is to come to terms with rapidly changing bodies—one’s own and one’s peers’. These years also [...]
Continue reading …Baby friendly hospital initiative (BFHI) is a worldwide movement, launched in 1992 to protect, promote and support exclusive Breast feeding, jointly sponsored by WHO, UNICEF and allied organizations. Objectives: BFHI aims to — a) Promote correct Breast feeding practices at delivery centers, b) Certify the hospitals following these practices, c) Train & motivate the staff [...]
Continue reading …Child Guidance Clinic (CGC) is a specialized health service, based on an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to deal with the behavioral problems of children and adolescents, who are not fully adjusted to their environment. The first child guidance clinic was started in Chicago in 1909. The team: Child guidance is a team-work comprising of psychiatrist, [...]
Continue reading …Failure to thrive (FTT) is a clinical state of growth failure due to any cause, characterized by any one or more of following features: Lack of growth i.e. weight < 3 percentile, Sustained weight loss Reduced growth velocity i.e. weight dropping at least two major percentiles below the previous values (e.g. from 75Lh to percentile). [...]
Continue reading …Normal child development is the essence of childhood that leads to transition of a fertilized ovum into an independent adult through different stages of anatomical growth and physiological maturation. The terms growth and development are not interchangeable, though both processes are frequently interdependent. Normal child development is “an anatomical process involving increase in the physical [...]
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Physical Child growth is evident by chronological changes in — a) General body size and appearance i.e. anthropometric indicators, b) Specific features e.g. dentition and skeletal maturation, and c) Internal body composition. Despite individual variations, most of these changes follow a predictable pattern, and any significant deviation from this pattern may be the earliest or [...]
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