I learned a great deal about newborn development milestones during the infancy interview. I recently interviewed a woman who gave birth to a healthy baby boy called Brandon. Brinley stated that after delivering, she had an easy time because her kid was being cared for by health care professionals. They had minimal interaction for several days while the infant was being cared for by hospital experts, but when they did, their friendship strengthened. The majority of this is due to Brandon’s neonatal development of touch, which is a baby’s most active sense. Despite their little time together, Brandon was able to develop a stronger bond with his mother as a result.
The Moro reflex is vividly described in Brinley’s account of Brandon’s frequent clinging to her while she held him. It was among the commonest reflexes Brinley noticed of Brandon. Moro reflexes are supposed to aid babies in clinging to their mothers for their own safety and wellbeing (Lally, 2017). Brandon may have been frightened by sounds from a TV or the ambient commotion in a public place, even though Brinley could not think of anything that would have alarmed him.
The two major milestones for Brandon, according to Brinley, were when he began laughing and then crawling. Brandon began to establish an indiscriminate attachment, which implies that he generally appreciates human companionship and reacts more frequently to activities taken by a caregiver (Lally, 2017). I hypothesize that once Brandon developed this type of connection, he began to chuckle. His responses to the physical features of his environment began to broaden. Brinley mentioned the second milestone when Brandon began to crawl. After he learned to sit, he started moving independently a few weeks later, which finally resulted in his crawling (77ludica, 2010a). Brandon’s burly growing can be seen here, as his muscles have developed from being unable to hold his head to being able to support his complete body as he walks.
Upon asking about the emotional changes of baby and how the mother adjusted to the baby’s biggest intellectual gain within the first few months, Brinley had an impression that Brandon was currently now more reactive than he has ever been. She mentions that he would smile, for example, when his mother or father caressed him. When his name was announced, he would smile as well, as a result of his emotional development.
Later, he developed the ability to communicate joy and other strong emotions. Babies’ feelings appear to be influenced by the social environment in which they live (77ludica, 2010a). Brinley refers to Brandon as an “easy” baby because of how well he handled these adjustments. She further says that it was more fun to watch him do things since she knew what was going to happen next. Brinley believes that in the first few months of his life, he has gained the most knowledge by learning about “Facetime”. The development of Brandon’s object permanence (as described in Stages of Development) would allow him to recognize that the person on the screen is real and will not vanish just because the screen is gone.
From the interview, I consider that Brandon is on the right track for a healthy growth of children. As I looked into his development, I found that he seemed to be on par with ideas such as Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Growth. I have been noticing many things in youngsters, but I have never given much thought about them. However, this study has helped me to understand more about these individuals and their behavior. Thus, I can now ascertain that, because of his great first year of development, Brandon can be considered a role model for other children.
References
77ludica. (2010b). Social development in infancy.avi [Video]. Web.
77ludica. (2010a). The mind – part 14 – infant cognitive development.avi [Video]. Web.
Lally, M., & Valentine-French, S. (2019). Life-span development (2nd ed.). Martha Lally, Suzanne Valentine-French.