Infant Development

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During the first year of the infant’s life the most noticeable thing is physical growth. The infants weight is doubled in six months and tripled in a year. During the time of growth not only does the weight and height increase but as well the head and the chest that causes development of the heart, brain, lung and several organs used for survival. The bones of the infant start to harden as well as the skull. By the end of the second year of the infant’s life his/her brain has developed 75% of its adult weight. The growth and size of the baby also depend on its nutritional diet during the mothers pregnancy and during his/hers life, if during the mothers pregnancy she didn’t have a nutritional diet the baby might later have difficulties in his/hers growth and even its ability to understand and process things, if the infant is overfed during the first year or two years this might cause obesity in later years, now if the baby receives a good and nutritional balance of food this should increase growth and size of the infant.

There are three types of motor development such as Gross moto...

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