Date post: | 18-Jan-2017 |
Category: |
Education |
Upload: | nafeesa-naeem |
View: | 102 times |
Download: | 0 times |
CHILD’s GROWTH
DEFINITION• GROWTH• The term growth denotes a net increase in the size, or
mass of the tissue.
• It is a quantitative change in the child’s body.
• It is largely attributed to multiplication of cells and
increase in the intracellular substance.
• It can be measured in Kg, pounds, meters, inches, ….. etc
Growth Patterns
The child’s pattern of growth is in a head-to-toe direction, or cephalocaudal, and in an inward to outward pattern called proximodistal.
Physical Growth
• Lose some after birth• 1-2 lbs./month 1st 6 months• 1 pound/month in 2nd 6 months– Birth weight:• Doubled by 6 month• Tripled by 1 year
• 20-22 lbs.: average weight of 1 year old– Heredity, feeding habits, and physical activity
Weight
• Avg newborn =20 inches• Avg 1 year =30 inches• Heredity: influences height more than
weight
Height
Stages of growth
Different stages of growth
• There are stages of growth that a child goes through.
• Infancy• Early childhood• Childhood • Late childhood
Infancy
• Infancy- from birth to 18th months• Physical changes• Bones are still soft and flexible • Learns to sit, to crawl, to stand and to
sit.• Mental changes• Gets what it need by crying• Can recognize parents and siblings
Early childhood
• 18th month to 3 years• Physical changes • Learns to walk and to talk• Arms and legs get longer• Mental changes• Social changes• Not ready to share or to play interactively with others
• 3 to 6 years• Physical changes• Begins to lose milk teeth• Learns to behave while in a group• Social changes• Learns to play interactively and to make
friends• Emotional changes• Physical contact becomes less frequent
Childhood
Late childhood
• Physical changes• Appetite increases• Process of sexual maturity begins• Acquires high-level thinking skills• Emotional changes• Self-centeredness lessens