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Julius Jimenez Professor Wojcik, Jillian DEP 2004 28 January 2024 Infancy Interview I got the opportunity to interview my boss's wife, who gave birth to a baby boy about a year and a half before. Throughout the conversation, I questioned about her postpartum experience as well as the child's progress. She recounted a combination of exhilaration and difficulty in the first few days following giving birth. Her final pregnant days were marked by discomfort, with symptoms including swelling legs, changes in dietary choices, and hand tingling. However, after giving birth, she felt better. Welcoming a newborn into the family was a source of great delight, with lots of snuggling. She explained that the demands of nursing caused exhaustion because the baby wanted to eat regularly, which resulted in many restless nights for her. During the initial weeks and months of the baby's birth, the newborn displayed a variety of reflexes, reacting instinctively to stimuli. In the first few weeks, the infant might startle in reaction to sudden stimuli, such as doors shutting or loud noises. According to Lally and Valentine-French (2019), this reaction is known as the Moro reflex, in which the youngster stretches their legs and arms and quickly closes their limbs in response to a sudden noise. The infant also had a sucking reflex, as described by Klein (2018), in which they would immediately suck on items near their lips. Furthermore, the mother stated that around five months, the infant
gained the capacity to close his fingers when she touched his palm, showing the presence of stimulating reflexes. The mother expressed her delight as she described the various physical and emotional milestones her kid reached in his first year. The infant displayed the capacity to hold himself with various things and pull himself up, which was a big physical milestone. Furthermore, the newborn showed emotional development at this time, responding positively to familiar persons such as parents and siblings with laughing and smiles, as Rocha et al. (2020) remark that babies can identify faces. Klein (2018) also mentions that babies at six months may exhibit distress, such as weeping, when handled or carried by new persons. The mother stated that the infant demonstrated reaction to music by moving portions of his body and actively participating in the delight provided by siblings. Despite the baby's inclination to be carried frequently, which posed a challenge, the presence of elder siblings played a crucial role in easing the mother's tasks, as they could assist in holding and comforting the baby when needed. According to the mother's observations, the infant showed remarkable cognitive development in the first several months. The mother described an occasion at three months when the infant, encouraged by his sibling, shown discernment in refusing a certain feeding bottle. Notably, the baby demonstrated a developing preference for the mother over others. By the age of five months, a distinct preference for sitting rather than lying down had emerged. When the infant reached 11 months, the mother was overjoyed, observing that he could pronounce simple words like "ma-ma," even if the pronunciation was not totally obvious. As the infant approached the one-year mark, the overall developmental growth, which included physical, emotional, and intellectual aspects, became apparent.
References Dewar, G. (2021). The Social World of Newborns: Why Babies are born to Learn from Our Sensitive, Loving Care. https://parentingscience.com/newborns-and-the-social- world/ [Accessed 2 September 2021]. Guerra, N. G., Williamson, A. A., & Lucas-Molina, B. (2012). Normal development: Infancy, childhood, and adolescence. IACAPAP textbook of child and adolescent mental health, Chapter A, 2, 1-39. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267763536_Normal_development_Infancy_chil dhood_and_adolescence Humphreys, K. L., Zeanah, C. H., & Scheeringa, M. S. (2015). Infant development: The first three years of life. Psychiatry, 1, 134-158. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277305705_Infant_Development_The_First_3_ Years_of_Life Valentine-French, S. & Lally, M. (2019). Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective. [Second Edition]. http://dept.clcillinois.edu/psy/LifespanDevelopment.pdf
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