Child development

Child development

1. Basic needs for a child

   • Shelter
   • Warmth
   • Food
   • Security

2. Why children live with one parent

   • Parents have divorced
   • One of the parents has died
   • Safety of the child

3. Factors to consider when planning a family

   • Drug intake
   • Strong relationship
   • Money issues
   • Diet

4. How a birth partner can help during labour

   • Comfort the woman
   • Help keep her regular breathing patterns
   • Hold her hand to reassure her

5. Ways to reduce the risk of SIDS

   • Lay the baby on its back
   • Put the baby in foot to feet position
   • Remove layers of bedding
   • Don't let people smoke around the baby
   • Keep the baby's head uncovered

6. Risks of weaning a baby too early

   • Could cause a premature allergic reaction
   • The digestive and immune system has not fully developed
   • Can cause them to refuse the food in the future

7. How to encourage healthy eating habits

   • Offering fruit as a snack
   • Let the child help with cooking dinner
   • Sitting as a family to eat so they will want to eat what they see others eat
   • Create a consistent eating pattern
   • Encourage them to drink water
   • Use food you have grown yourself

8. Pre-conceptual care

   • Should be considered three months before trying for a baby
   • Diet
     • Eat
       • Leafy green vegetables
       • Oranges
       • Whole meal bread
     • Avoid
       • Raw eggs
       • Unpasteurised soft cheese
       • Pre-prepared salads
       • Pâté / raw fish
   • Alcohol should be avoided to avoid FAS
   • Smoking could cause increase of SIDS risk
   • Drugs should be avoided
   • STI’s can affect fertility level or PID or Fallopian tube infection

9. Conception and fertilisation

   • Conception is when the sperm fertilises the egg
   • A woman is most fertile on days 13-15 of the menstrual cycle
   • After fertilisation the baby will grow for nine months (40 weeks)
   • Uniovular twins are identical (usually same genes and gender)
   • Binovular twins are fraternal they may not be the same gender

10. Contraception

    • Barrier methods
      • Condom
      • Femidom
      • Cap
      • Diaphragm
      • Coil
    • Hormonal
      • Implant
      • Patch
      • Pill/ morning after pill
      • Injection