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Child Development
There are 133 million births every year, 247 births every minute, and four babies born every second. In their first few years of life, children experience rapid growth. Ask questions here about stages of development in children.
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Why is your 10 year old so grumpy?
If the child is going through puberty, mood shifts are to be expected. So try to talk and explain things to him/her.
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If the child is now in middle school, the change in environment may be taking a toll on the child's better nature. It is stressful dealing with class changes, hormones and trying to learn. Make sure that the child is getting enough rest and quiet time at home as well as enough exercise (soccer? Swimming?) and a balanced diet. TV, phone and computer games should not be done the last part of the day. Watch for learning problems and get help early. If the child is unwilling to do homework, it may be that there is something that is not understood--keep in touch with the teachers and take the child to tutoring if homework is not being completed. Give the child lots of hugs and let him know you love him.
What is the average weight for a child that is 48inches?
Many variables must be considered when determining your average weight, depending on your age (pre-teen, teen, adult), frame size (small-medium or large bone), genetics and the height, in general it's around 60 to 65 lbs.
What causes a child to have odor under one arm?
Body odor from the armpits is formed from the bacteria living in the moist, mostly dark area under the arm. It is not at all unusual to have a disparity in the amount or character of the odor from left side to right. In early puberty, it happens sometimes that one armpit is stinkier than the other. As the child grows older, some of the bacteria are transferred from one arm to the other through wash cloths or use of deodorant.
Arnsberger Syndrome is a mild state of cognitive impairment that often precedes dementia.
Questions to ask a 13 year old about development?
You probably don't want to ask her too many questions, it will make her feel a little bit uncomfortable. Ask her things that you want to know that she won't find offensive. Ask straight forward questions, with simple answers.
Do children with autism like to watch television?
Their interests are as diverse as those of children without autism. You will have to meet the child and find out.
One thing that's unique about autistic children's interests is that they are often unusually strong--for example, a youngster fascinated with a TV show to the point that he watches videos of it over and over; or a teenager who is fascinated with Paris, France and has learned its history, geography, and layout to the point that he knows more than most tour guides.
These strong interests can often become bridges to friendship or even routes to employment.
How can heredity affect a child's growth and development?
You will have problems with family and many school
Height average for boy age 12?
The 50th percentile height for boys aged 12 years 0 months is 58-59 inches. But normal ranges from 53-63 inches.
The average age of the earliest reported memory is roughly?
The first memories are from 1.5 until 3. At that time the brain undergoes major rewiring and a child doesn't remember any time before the age of three.
How do immunization work to prevent infectious disease?
Vaccines are important tools that help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. A vaccine is a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific viruses or bacteria. A vaccine may be made from dead or altered viruses or bacteria. Because they are dead or altered, the viruses or bacteria in the vaccine do not cause disease. Instead, they activate the body's natural defenses. In effect, the vaccine puts the body "on alert." If that virus or bacterium ever invades the body, it is destroyed before it can cause disease. You may have been vaccinated against diseases such as polio, measles, tetanus, and chickenpox.
Do 5 and 7 year olds still need a nap?
Depends on the child and on the day- my daughter is 7 and only needs a nap when she didn't get enough sleep the night before or had a long morning full of activity. She did still take naps 1/2 way through the year of her being 5 years old, but slowly phased them out, showing me she could be good without one.
Why do children have higher pitched voices than grown-ups?
The answer to this interesting question will begin with a brief description of two properties of sound … frequency and intensity. Sound is produced when an object like a guitar string or the speaker in a radio vibrates. Frequency of sound is related to how fast the object vibrates. Intensity of sound is related to the amount or amplitude of the object vibration. Different terms are used to describe how a person perceives or hears frequency and intensity of a sound. Pitch of sound is correlated with frequency and loudness of sound is correlated with intensity.
A piano keyboard offers a good example of the frequency and pitch of sound. The lowest piano key (the white key at the left end of the keyboard) produces a sound of about 33 Hz (or vibrations per second) whereas the white key at the other (right) end of the keyboard produces a tone at 5724 Hz. A person with perfectly normal hearing ability can detect very soft sounds like a whisper across a frequency range of 20 Hz up to 20,000 Hz. Many animal species can hear much higher frequency sounds, including dogs (up to 44,000 Hz) and cats (up to almost 80,000 Hz).
With advancing age, most people gradually lose the ability to hear faint high pitch sounds. This age-related decrease in hearing begins in the early 20s for the highest pitch sounds above 10,000 Hz. Hearing loss with aging is genetically determined. The majority of people 65 years and older have developed high pitch hearing loss, but good hearing in later years is a characteristic train in some lucky families. Still, almost all adults have poorer hearing for very high-pitched sounds (frequencies above 10,000 Hz) in comparison to children. So, a strong trend toward age-related decrease in high pitch hearing is the simple answer to the question. In fact, it's not uncommon for children to mention or even complain of high pitch sounds that their parents or grandparents can't hear, such as shrill sounds of security systems in a store or even thunder from a distant storm.Is it possible for a baby to be born with a disability if its father takes steroids?
People tend to believe that the health of the father plays little part in harm to a fertilized egg. That is not true. If the father is a drug abuser (steroids count) or and alcoholic it can affect the fertilized egg just as genetics can cause a problem. It is important you tell your obstetrician about your concerns.
What age does a baby outgrow newborn reflexes?
Newborn reflexes start to disappear as soon as they are no longer needed; while all babies are born with the same survival reflexes - their responses to the stimulation is very individual to his or her inborn temperament.
Morrow reflex: Anyone watching a newborn has seen this reflex in action, a loud noise or rough handling causes baby to startle, arching his back and throwing his arms and legs straight and crying out. Then he will pull in his arms and legs against his body. Most babies are further upset by their own response. Placing your hand gently against the baby's chest and tummy will help to soothe him, as will holding him against your body. A sensitive baby who startles frequently maybe more secure when swaddled. This reflex disappears by three months.
The Rooting reflex: when baby's cheek or lips are touched he will turn towards the source of the stimulation - mouth open and tongue out, seeking nourishment. When milk touches his mouth, he reflexively sucks and swallows. As his eyesight improves and he learns what objects (bottle, breast, cup etc) are bringing him nourishment look like, rooting disappears and is replaced with a smile, when you are responding to his needs.
Grasping reflex: Touching baby's palm will make his fingers wrap around the object and hold on tightly. This will fade between two and three months - allowing baby to grasp objects voluntarily.
Righting reflex: With baby lying on his back, allow him to grasp your thumbs in each hand while you hold on to his hands, gently pull him into the sitting position and watch as he tries to hold his head up right. With his head accounting for a third or more of his body weight his neck muscles can't yet support the weight, but he'll give it a good try.
Tonic neck reflex: When lying on his back baby's head will turn to the side, the arm on that side will straighten while the other flexes, allowing baby to find his hand. The out stretched arm prevents baby from rolling over until this reflex disappears.
Babinski reflex: This reflex is the opposite of a normal adult, gently touching the bottom of baby's foot causes his toes to curl downward, while touching the side of his foot causes his toes to spread and the big toe to extend upward. On an adult the big toe turns downward.
Stepping reflex. Hold baby in the standing position with one foot at a time touching the surface beneath him. This will cause him to take "steps" This reflex disappears but will return later, allowing him to learn to walk.
Lifting the head: Laying baby on his tummy on a firm, flat surface will reflexively cause his head to lift up, many babies will even move their limbs in a swimming or crawling motion.
How many words are in a 21 month old's vocabulary?
well...21 months. Maybe you mean how many years? 21 months can also be stated as 1.75 years, 1 and 3/4 years, or 1 year and 9 months.
How many babies can you be pregnant with at once?
The most common form of human multiple birth is twins (two babies), but cases of triplets (three), quadruplets (four), quintuplets (five), sextuplets (six), septuplets (seven), and octuplets (eight) have all been recorded with all siblings being born alive.
In 2009 octuplets were born in Los Angeles, CA.
There have been a few sets of nonuplets (nine) in which a few babies were born alive, and there have been pregnancies - but no known instances of live births - of decaplets(ten), undecaplets(eleven), duodecaplets(twelve), and quindecaplets(fifteen).
Most of these are a result of fertility drugs, though a set of duodecaplets was conceived spontaneously (without the aid of fertility treatments) in Argentina in 1992.
Scientifically, the average age is 14 and a half. Although, I don't know anyone who stopped growing at that age though!
I am a 33-year-old. I haven't grown an inch since the 8th grade. I'm 5 ' 2." Most girls have stopped growing by the time they are 18. I stopped at 14. My daughter stopped at 15.
What does it mean when a boy's voice is really deep?
normally it means that he is going though puberty. during this time the voice cracks and deepens and hair begins to grow.they may also hit their growth spurt.the taller the child the deeper the voice.
What is the average height for an 8 month old baby girl?
The average length of an 8 month old baby girl is about 27 and a half inches. Girls at 8 months range from 25 inches to 29 and a half inches.
Is 5'7'' considered short for a woman?
The average female height is 5'4.5", so 5'7" is closer to being considered "tall" than short. So, no, its not really considered short.
