Ch. 7- Parenting Infants and Toddlers
Newborns, infants and toddlers are active in influencing
o The responses of their caregivers
o Their social environment
They need to acquire ______ from their caregivers and their environment that their needs
will be provided
This structure of _______ allows them to establish initial personal boundaries that permits
self-individualization
Nurturance
The Newborn (birth- 2 weeks)
o Exercising neonatal reflexes
o Adjusting to light and sound
o Establishing sleep pattern
o Establishing digestion and elimination process
The Infant ( 3 weeks- 18 months)
o Establish attachment to and trust towards patterns
o Establish initial sensorimotor schemes and mastering object permanence
o Acquiring self-regulated skill (walking, hand skills, etc.)
The Toddler (18 months- 3yrs)
o Establish early speech patterns
o Refining and modifying basic sensorimotor schemes and establishing elementary logic and
reasoning
o Learning to control elimination of body wastes
o Acquiring self-regulated skills
Most of the parenting behaviors that are observed in providing care for infants between birth
and 6 months of age are _______ and _________
physically and emotionally nurturing
Most of the parenting behaviors that are observed in providing care for toddlers of age also
includes increasing elements of ______
Newborns, infants and toddlers are active in influencing
o The responses of their caregivers
o Their social environment
They need to acquire ______ from their caregivers and their environment that their needs
will be provided
This structure of _______ allows them to establish initial personal boundaries that permits
self-individualization
Nurturance
The Newborn (birth- 2 weeks)
o Exercising neonatal reflexes
o Adjusting to light and sound
o Establishing sleep pattern
o Establishing digestion and elimination process
The Infant ( 3 weeks- 18 months)
o Establish attachment to and trust towards patterns
o Establish initial sensorimotor schemes and mastering object permanence
o Acquiring self-regulated skill (walking, hand skills, etc.)
The Toddler (18 months- 3yrs)
o Establish early speech patterns
o Refining and modifying basic sensorimotor schemes and establishing elementary logic and
reasoning
o Learning to control elimination of body wastes
o Acquiring self-regulated skills
Most of the parenting behaviors that are observed in providing care for infants between birth
and 6 months of age are _______ and _________
physically and emotionally nurturing
Most of the parenting behaviors that are observed in providing care for toddlers of age also
includes increasing elements of ______
