Child Development

Child Development

1. Family

   • Family types
     • Nuclear
       • Family that consists of only the parents and the children
     • Extended
       • Consists of the mother, father children and other extended family
     • Adoptive
     • Fostered

2. Pregnancy

   • Hormones
     • Testosterone- the main male hormone that effects fertility if there is an imbalance
     • Oestrogen- essential for female sexual development
     • Progesterone- essential for healthy reproduction
     • Hormone imbalance can make it difficult for a woman to concieve
   • Pre- conceptual care
     • Factors
       • Diet
       • Age
       • Smoking and alcohol
       • Vaccinations
       • health
         • Supplements- start taking folic acid 3 months before conception= helps prevent neural tube defects
       • Lifestyle
       • weight
       • relationship
       • finances
       • Medication
         • No medication should be taken without GP advice
       • Hormone levels
   • Signs of pregnancy
     • increased vaginal discharge
     • Not able to enjoy food/ drink she normally enjoys
     • A missed period
     • Presence of gonadotrophin in urine
     • Tender breasts
     • Nausea and vomitting
     • Metallic taste in mouth
   • Problems during pregnancy
     • ectopic pregnancy- when a fertilised egg implants itself somewhere other than the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes
     • Miscarriage- whe the foetus dies and has to removed from the body
     • Still birth- when the baby is born dead after 24 weeks of pregnancy
     • Rhesus disease- when the antibodies in a pregnant womans bod destroy the babys blood cells

3. Diet, health and care of the child

4. Development