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Infant/children Vital signs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Everything is higher EXCEPT
blood pressure
(Infant)
temp. 99
Pulse: 80-180
,RR: 30-35 bpm
BP: 65-80/40-50
Does not increase significantly until they are much older
Fontanels - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Flat and soft
- Posterior fontanel closes within 6-8 weeks of age
- Anterior fontanel closes 12-18 months
Teething: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Should have 6-8 teeth by 1 year
Ends up with 20 baby teeth and 32 adult
First teeth erupt by 6-8 months
Moro reflex - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Infant reflex where a baby will startle in
response to a loud sound or sudden movement
(Fall backward)
,Tonic Neck Reflex - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔turning the head to one side, extending
the arm and leg on that side, and flexing the limbs on the opposite side
Birth to 3-8 months
Babinski Reflex - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Reflex in which a newborn fans out the
toes when the sole of the foot is touched
First year
Baby's birth weight - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Double: 6 months
Triple: 12 months
Infant height - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 inch (2.5 cm) for first 6 months of life
12 months: Birth length increased by 50%
Head lag - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔By 3 months old - baby should only have
SLIGHT____________
4 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Reaches out to people;
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, Drools/places objects in mouth
Rolls from back to side
5 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sleeps thought night
Can tell family from strangers
Roll from *Front to back*
6 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Roll back to front
Hold bottle
7 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Moves objects from hand to hand
8 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sit unsupported
9 months - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Crude pincer grasp (uses all fingers to grab
object)
Pulls to standing position; cooked, chopped, and unseasoned foods