INFANCY

STAGE
Physical
Development
Early Motor
Skills
Sensing and
Perceiving

INFANCY

STAGE OF RAPID
GROWTH - at 3
months, infants have
double their birth weight
and have tripled it
by age 1
PHYSICAL

I N F A N C Y

Infants are not simply scaled-down versions of

I N F A N C Y

In the first few months

of life, infants grow
rapidly, gaining nearly
an ounce of weight a
day and an inch in
length each month. By
Weight and length
age 2, they have
at
birth
can
already attained
mislead about
about half of their
adult weight and
eventual adult height
Infants
are
not
simply
scaled-down
versions
of
PHYSICAL
and weigh 2730
height

I N F A N C Y

In the first few months of life, infants grow

rapidly, gaining
nearly an ounce of weight a day and an inch
in length each
month. By age 2, they have already attained
about half of their eventual adultPHYSICAL
height and

I N F A N C Y

Baby
Growth
SIGNS OF A
Spurts
GROWTH
SPURT
Baby wants to eat
non-stop.
Baby will be up

PHYSICAL

I N F A N C Y

90-95% of infant days

are growth free but the
occasional growth spurts
add up to substantial
increase in size.

Infants whose overall

weight gain outpaces
gains in length (height)
are at risk of childhood

I N F A N C Y
BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING

BREASTFEEDING IS BEST
FEEDING
NUTRITION AND

I N F A N C Y
40% of the bodys energy is
devoted to growth - infants must
consume about 600 calories daily

BREASTFEEDING IS BEST
FEEDING
NUTRITION AND

BENEFITS of BREASTFEEDING
1.Breast-fed babies are ill less
often because breast milk
contains the mothers
antibodies.

BREASTFEEDI
NG IS BEST
FEEDING

2.Breast-fed babies are less

prone to diarrhea and
constipation.
3.Breast-fed babies typically
make the transition to solid NUTRITION AND

American Pediatrics Policy on

Breastfeeding
The American Academy
of Pediatrics reaffirms its
recommendation of
exclusive breastfeeding
for about
6 months, followed by
continued breastfeeding
as complementary foods
are introduced, with
continuation of

BREASTFEEDI
NG IS BEST
FEEDING

NUTRITION AND

I N F A N C Y
Worldwide, about one in four children under age 5 is
malnourished, as indicated by being small for their age
(UNICEF, 2006).

MALNUTRITION
NUTRITION AND

INFANCY
EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION

NUTRITION AND

LOCOMOT
ION
EARLY MOTOR

When young babies

reach for objects, they
dont seem to prefer one
hand over the other;
they use their left and
right hands
interchangeably.
By the first birthday,
however, most
youngsters are emergent
right-handers. They use
their left hand to steady
the toy while the right
hand manipulates