Reading and Power Point Packet #4 

Directions: Using the PowerPoint and what you learn from the chapter reading, please complete the following. Please write in complete sentences and elaborate on your responses. 

1. Explain the patterns of growth in body proportions in the first seven years of life. 

2. How does development and growth in the brain support physical development? 

3. What does proximodistal development mean? How does this impact the development of fine and gross motor skills?

4. What are some ways infants use their senses to learn about the world around them? 

5. Typically, which of the five senses are usually poorly developed at birth? 

6. What are the benefits and challenges to breastfeeding?

7. What are the recommendations for infants to transition to solid foods?

8. How does colic impact infant’s health?