Topic Category: Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics
Later Infancy: 9 Months
9-month-olds are more mobile and their vocalizations are becoming even more complex with the development of “reduplicated babbling” (ie. babbling with consonants). They are…
Later Infancy: 6 Months
6-month-old babies are becoming much more social and curious and want to be part of whatever is going on. It can take parents by surprise that…
Early Infancy: Translation to the Clinical Setting
Handouts to Support Responsive Caregiving in Early Infancy…
Early Infancy: 4 Months
4-month-olds are becoming increasingly social and vocal with more sustained back and forth babbling, inflections and high-pitched squeals. Babies often want to be held…
Early Infancy: 2 Months
Social smiling usually starts around 6 weeks of age, though babies often have reflexive smiles starting even in utero and right after birth,…
Newborn
Newborns are born ready to relate. At birth, they already prefer looking at faces and recognize familiar voices. They can track to…
Sleep: Translation to the Clinical Setting
Older Infants This handout has incorporated the 3 most important pieces of information about sleep at any age:…
Sleep: 9 Months
At around 9 months of age, many infants gradually grow out of needing the late afternoon nap (3rd nap) and stay awake for a…
Sleep: 6 Months
The signs of sleepiness in older infants become more subtle since their drive to be social and “part of the action” can briefly over-ride their fatigue, especially in…
Sleep: 4 Months
Usually, 4-month-olds have “settled” into a 3-4 nap/day schedule and often need to go back to sleep after around 2 hours of…