Significant Developments of Benjamin Alexander

During infancy, children go through many different types of development that fall under three major categories. There are many milestones that take place during this period, including several physical, some cognitive, and a few socio-emotional developments. This paper covers a small number of the countless remarkable advancements my nephew Benjamin Alexander has experienced in a short five months. My older sister, at only the age of 21, was not planning to conceive a child. Since then she and our family has found it to be blessing in disguise. I always considered my sister to be fairly mature compared to her peers throughout high school and since going off to college along with having a child she has definitely grown up immensely, recognizing the importance and priorities that come along with becoming an adult, having a child, and living on your own. I am proud of how nurturing and loving of a mother she has become in such a short period of time. I am most proud of her resilience to stay in school as a full-time student and obtain her degrees this upcoming May. She has become a sort of role model for me since becoming a parent, proving that nothing can hold you back except the excuses you let yourself make. Ultimately, becoming an uncle has brought me closer to my family and caused me to grow up considerably in recent months, to an extent further of simply graduating high school and going off to college. Although living alone is a realization in itself, witnessing and -observing your three-year older sister become a mother is a drastic, life-changing event with a some negative but a majority of positive effects. Along with appreciating the reality of having to take care and feed another human being, I have become more aware of the...

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...uncle and learn so much about children before becoming a parent myself. This experience will prove to have an everlasting impact on my outlook of life and becoming a parent. In conclusion, on the basis of psychiatrists Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas three basic types of temperament my sister and I consider Benjamin to be a fairly “easy” child, “whom is generally cheerful and adapts fairly easily to new experiences.” The textbook states an “easy” child to be “generally in a positive mood, quickly establish regular routines, and slow to accept change (Santrock, 2013).” Ashleigh states she is “a very proud mother, and would do anything for her little boy.” I continue to learn from this experience and hope grow into the best man, father and husband I can possibly become.

Works Cited

Santrock, J.W. (2013). Life-span development, 14th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill