Contents 13
Factors That Affect the Baby’s
Health 123
Health Habits During
Pregnancy 125
Health Hazards to Avoid 128
Complications of
Pregnancy 134
Monitoring the Baby’s
Development 138
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Childbirth 144
The Role of the Family 146
Time to Be Born 151
Complications of Delivery 154
Hospital Care 156
Bonding 157
Postpartum Care 158
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The Newborn 164
Medical Care and Testing 166
Physical Traits of a Newborn 170
Refl exes 170
Meeting the Newborn’s Physical
Needs 174
Meeting the Newborn’s Intellectual
Needs 183
Meeting the Newborn’s
Social-Emotional Needs 185
Meeting the Parents’
Needs 187
Part 3
Infants
192
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Physical Development of the
Infant 194
Skeletal Growth 196
Motor Development 199
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Intellectual Development of the
Infant 206
How Infants Learn 208
What Infants Learn 216
Language: Brain Development
Research 218
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Social-Emotional Development
of the Infant 224
Temperamental Differences in
Infants 226
The Infant’s Growing Social
World 227
Infants Express Emotions 230
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Providing for the Infant’s
Developmental Needs 238
Physical Needs 240
Intellectual Needs 255
Social-Emotional Needs 260
Recognizing Developmental
Delays 263
Part 4 Toddlers
266
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Physical Development of the
Toddler 268
Body Growth and
Development 270
Motor Development 272