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Assignment on Baby Day Report

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Assignment on Baby Day Report

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Running Head: BABY DAY REPORTBaby Day ReportNameAffiliationInstructorDate
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BABY DAY REPORT2INFANT SUMMARYIntroduction The purpose of this assignment was to obtain a deeper understanding of infants and theirdevelopment process. Through a baby day observation session, I was able to get a first-handexperience of various activities regarding the baby under observation which was crucial inanalysing the development of the baby as she interacted with the external environment. Abby isthe baby girl under observation. She is 23 months old, the third child in her family. The ethnicityof the infant is not yet known. She was born in April 2016. The observation of the infant tookplace at her day-care classroom at 6:43 PM on 28th March 2018. The child appeared healthywith no information regarding her family thought it was clear that the family has three childrensince Abby is the third born.Comprehensive Questions1. Sensory/perception and motor skillsAbby sensory and perception was well developed based on her touch, sight, and hearing. When at the class, she was able to see objects such as the toys ranging from different colors. She was able to focus on the toys and reach for them as she pulled down all the toys from the basket and started picking the ones which interested. The developed fine motor skills could be observed as she showed hand preference by picking and handling objects (Putting Children First, 2008, p.3). Her head was steady when doing different activities with the good ability to walk and run alone without support as seen when she took a toy to Alberto (classmate), which indicates that her gross motor skills are well developed
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BABY DAY REPORT32. Piaget-Cognitive DevelopmentAbby had a great desire to explore as seen when she tried to talk on the phone handedover to her by Professor Wilson. The grasping of the child was good as she was able to pick thephone to answer the fake call. The girl is also seen holding on and chewing the gum bear.According to my observation, the child is in the last stage of Piaget’s sub-stages of sensorimotordevelopment which is mental representation (Ormrod, 200, p.2). The reason is that first, the girlis 23 years. Majority of the babies in this sub-stage are aged 18-24 months. The stage can alsobe confirmed through the child’s actions of imitating Professor Wilson when he clapped. Thechild’s sign of habituation was observed when she first reacted to the sound in the room bylooking around, then she got used to sounding proceeded to ignore the sounds (Kim & Wogalter ,2009, p.1612)3. Socio-Emotional DevelopmentAbby’s social skills were well developed as she interacted with other infants like Albertowhen she gave him some toys to play. The infant can be said to be a securely attached babybecause of her happy response when she met her siblings. Abby did not seem to fear strangers inthe room as she interacted with strangers like Professor Wilson, although she responded muchbetter to family members. The child showed a development of social referencing when sheimitated her mother by removing her jacket and shoes when they entered the classroom (Walle,Reschke, & Knothe, 2017, p.246).4. Language DevelopmentThe infant’s language development is progressive. Apart from the babbling sounds asseen when she looked at the whole class and uttered the “eh, eh”, the girl’s expressive languagewas developed as seen when she told her mum “go and bring it” referring to the toy she had
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