1. Danielle Hannah
CHDV 38
July 9, 2009
Observation Project
I. Little Angel Daycare – 709 Elder Street – July 7th
, 2009
II. Adyn Duffy – 3 months old – Red Head Female in “footsy” pajamas.
III. 9:00 – awake now and in her swing, blowing bubbles, smiling at the caregiver,
eyes alert and looking around, toy in mouth hands grabbing toy – Ulnar grasp.
9:05 – diaper change with blanket on floor, very still baby looking at the
ceiling fan, slight noises from baby’s mouth, still staring at fan watching it
spin, hand gestures towards the fan.
9:10 – laying on back playing with chew ring, caregiver tickling her belly,
smiling and closely watching caregivers eyes and mouth movement.
9:15 – still on her back – starting to roll and stay on her side, but not roll over
completely yet – eyes watching the cat walk around the house, making playful
noises, smiling at the caregivers voice, squeezing hands and touching her
binkie.
9:20 – playing with the hearts sewn on her blanket, starting to become a bit
fussy – whining and crying – she watches caregiver get up to walk into
kitchen, watches me with great eye contact, but still fussy, turned over to back
again, rubbing hands on eyes.
9:25 – caregiver back with bottle, stopped crying when she was picked up, put
bottle in her mouth and she attempted to hold the bottle herself, watches the
fan again while drinking her bottle.
9:30 – still drinking her bottle with sleepy eyes, touching caregivers face with
free hand, big eyes staring off, time to be burped – no spit up – smiled at
caregiver before falling asleep in her arms.
V.
A. Adyn’s physical motions were small and undeveloped. She had the ability
to use her fine motor skills such as hold her head up, smile and laugh, pick up
toys and almost hold her bottle, but her gross motor skills were no where near
developed enough for obvious display.

2. B. Her cognitive development was exactly where it should be according to
Piaget – her sensorimotor development was finely tuned. She knew how she
felt when she was hungry, she knew what taste would help her feel better and
not cry, and she knew to take comfort in her caregiver holding her during her
feeding time.
C. Her language has little to no development, although she understands what
specific ideas mean – she isn’t hardly able to speak about it in language – she
only uses her mouth for sounds, not speaking abilities.
D. Her social development is what is expected of a 3 month old infant, she
doesn’t interact socially in terms of speaking and playing, but she can smile
and look at you with very big bright eyes and interact with you that way.
E. Adyn’s emotional development is perfect and natural – she knew she felt
hungry and tired to she cried to show that emotion. She showed trust as
apposed to mistrust in her caregiver, the first stage of development based on
my readings of Erikson.
F. I do feel this child is demonstrating normal development in all areas listed
above because she shows her strength through her reflexes and senses very
well. She can hear and understand the dialect from her caregiver, and her
mother – who speaks fluent Spanish to her everyday – showing she is
developing normal in those aspects.
VI. I felt very comfortable and welcome to observe this child for half an hour. I
Have met this infant before and thought it would best to observe her since I’ve
Been watching her grow the last few weeks. The thing I enjoyed most about
This project was the opportunity to really take what I’ve learned in the
Classroom and test my knowledge on a living infant. I also liked that we were
Able to pick out own child and make the decision on whom to observe!
I will say I was disappointed when I found out I wasn’t going to be able to
Interact with the child while observing her because she is used to me playing
with her on a weekly basis. The easiest part of this process was to write down
My running record on Adyn, while the hardest part was to apply the terms
From the book and see if I can use them in the proper sense after observing
Adyn’s development – I was worried she’d be behind on her development, but
I feel better knowing she is right where she needs to be.