Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
STAGE
Physical
Development
Early Motor
Skills
Sensing and
Perceiving
INFANCY
STAGE OF RAPID
GROWTH - at 3
months, infants have
double their birth weight
and have tripled it
by age 1
PHYSICAL
I N F A N C Y
I N F A N C Y
I N F A N C Y
I N F A N C Y
Baby
Growth
SIGNS OF A
Spurts
GROWTH
SPURT
Baby wants to eat
non-stop.
Baby will be up
PHYSICAL
I N F A N C Y
I N F A N C Y
BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING
BREASTFEEDING IS BEST
FEEDING
NUTRITION AND
I N F A N C Y
40% of the bodys energy is
devoted to growth - infants must
consume about 600 calories daily
BREASTFEEDING IS BEST
FEEDING
NUTRITION AND
BENEFITS of BREASTFEEDING
1.Breast-fed babies are ill less
often because breast milk
contains the mothers
antibodies.
BREASTFEEDI
NG IS BEST
FEEDING
BREASTFEEDI
NG IS BEST
FEEDING
NUTRITION AND
I N F A N C Y
Worldwide, about one in four children under age 5 is
malnourished, as indicated by being small for their age
(UNICEF, 2006).
MALNUTRITION
NUTRITION AND
INFANCY
EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION
NUTRITION AND
LOCOMOT
ION
EARLY MOTOR