This document discusses the key characteristics and developmental milestones of babyhood. It covers six main areas: motor development, speech development, understanding, emotional development, socialization, and moral development. Motor development progresses from head to toe and from the center of the body outward. Important motor milestones include rolling over, sitting up, crawling, cruising, pulling to stand, walking while holding on, and walking independently. Speech development starts with crying and cooing before advancing to babbling and first words. Social and emotional development involve forming attachments to caregivers and learning to interact with others. Moral development occurs as babies learn rules and codes of behavior from parents and peers.

1. BABYHOOD

2. Characteristics of Babyhood
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It is the true foundation age.
It is an age of rapid growth and change.
It is an age of increasing independency.
It is the age of heightened individuality.
It is the foundation period of socialization.
It is the foundation period for sex-role typing.
It is an appealing age.
It is the foundation period for creativity.
It is a hazardous age.

3. Developmental Tasks of Babyhood
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Learning to walk
Learning to take solid foods
Having organs elimination under partial control
Achieving reasonable physiological stability
Relating emotionally to parents and siblings
Learning the foundation of speech
Learning sex differences
Getting ready to read
Learning to distinguish between right and wrong
and developing a conscience

4. Areas of Development
1. Motor Development
2. Speech Development
3. Development of Understanding
4. Emotional Development
5. Development of Socialization
6. Moral Development

5. Motor Development
• Two directions of development
1. Cephalocaudal development
– Head to foot (the head, neck, and upper parts
start to develop before the legs)
2. Proximodistal development
– Center to outlying parts (from trunk or torso,
then shoulders, hand and finally fingers)

6. One to Two (1-2)
Months
• Tonic-neck reflex
predominates when the
baby is on supine position.
The head is turned far to
the side, one arm in
extension to the same side,
the other flexed to the
shoulder; can roll partly to
side.

7. Three (3) Months
• The baby is able to turn to
prone position.

8. Four to Five (4-5)
Months
• Can turn to
prone from
supine position
and vice versa.

9. Six to Seven (6-7)
Months
• Can roll from
stomach to stomach.

10. Eight (8) Months
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Can also alternate from prone to
sitting position and vice versa;
can cruise by crawling.

11. Nine (9) Months
• Can pull himself to
standing position by
holding on to
something.

12. Ten to Eleven (10-11)
Months
• Can sit with good control.
• Can pivot around in a
steady manner.
• Can walk while holding
someone’s hands.

13. Twelve (12) Months
• Walks even when only one
hand is held.
Fifteen (15) Months
• Can push a chair around,
climb and get down from it
as well.

14. Eighteen (18) Months
- Runs but falls sometimes; can
climb stairs by creeping.
Twenty-one (21) Months
- Can squat while playing; can
climb up stairs by assuming an
upright position.

15. Twenty-four (24) Months
• Can walk backwards and on toes.
Can run without falling; can climb
stairs with both feet on tread
before stepping.

16. Speech Development
• First language of a child is crying.
• Cooing
• Babbling
• Syllable-word language
At around one year, they can say a
word. Usually “mama”.

17. Development of Understanding
Understanding in babies
develop through maturation and
learning and depends on their level
of intelligence and their previous
experiences.

18. Emotional Development
• Common emotional patterns in babyhood
involve anger, fear, curiosity, joy and affection.
• The baby receives love when they’re cradled in
the arms of a relaxed and a happy mother.
• Cuddling or stroking the baby gently + singing or
speaking softly = Feelings of satisfaction and
well-being.
• If baby becomes separated from his/her mother
when they have strong relationship, the child
starts to display negative behaviors.
– Crying, searching, aggressive and almost
panic behavior.

19. Development of Socialization
• Toddlers are capable of establishing or forming
friendships.
• Kimberly Whaley, a psychologists, believes that
the exact mimicking shows an awareness
between the children and acts to forge a
connection that excludes others and create a
history for them. By imitating each other, these
children actually say, “I like to be with you” or
“We have lots of things in common.”
Mimicking = sense of intimacy amidst a
noisy environment.

20. Moral Development
• Babies behavior is not bound by moral
considerations or standards. They
eventually learn moral codes from their
parents, teachers, and playmates or peers
as they learn the value of conforming to
these codes.
• They’re nonmoral due to their lack of scale
of values and a conscience. They
demonstrate obedience to rules without
question.

21. Play Interests

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