Early Developmental Milestones

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Early Infancy Development Infant development begins when the child is born. Many children will reach many different developmental milestones within their first few months, but most infants will grow and develop at their own pace. During the early infancy years, newborns are extremely dependent on their parents. Many personal and environmental factors will play a role in the development of the child. In this paper, we will discuss the development of early infancy and the many milestones that they will reach during birth to 3 months.
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Social Systems Adults are usually the first people that infants encounter, especially the mother. From that moment on, the relationship of the infant’s social system begins to form. The infant is extremely dependent on their family during the first few months. Their family are the ones that feed them, wash them, rock them to sleep, and so forth. Around the first month, the infant starts to become aware of the individuals that he or she is encountering. Soon
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During the gross motor development in early infancy, you can expect to see the infant having many reflexes. They start to move their head around, although they are unable to lift it yet. Infants usually lift their arms and legs and move them around in kicking and reaching motions. Some of the fine motor skills that you can expect to see in early infancy would be motions with their hands. Infants in their early stages of life will keep their hands in fist and occasionally insert their first in their mouth. During early infancy, they also will close their fingers around any object that they may come in contact with. During the oral motor development phase in early infancy, the infants will start to demonstrate sucking and swallowing. Their mouth will start being able to stay closed and they also are able to re-open their mouth for things they are longing for such as a pacifier or a