Child Development

Child Development

1. Parenthood

   • Families
     • Nuclear family
     • Extended family
     • single parent family
     • Foster family
     • Adoptive family
     • Shared care family
     • Looked after children
     • Re-constituted family/ Step family
     • Same sex family
   • Planning for a baby
     • Pre-conceptual
       • Steady relationship
       • Stopping any health risks e.g.- Smoking
       • Avoiding unnecessary medicines
       • Checking up with your GP
       • Taking folic acid
       • Avoiding vaccinations
       • Avoiding radiation treatment
     • changes to your lifestyle
       • The joys of becoming a parent
       • Disturbed nights which may be tiring
       • Commitment to care for the baby
       • Changes to social life
       • Issues of employment
     • Buying baby supplies
   • Providing a safe environment
     • Accidents
       • Falls
       • Burns and scolds
       • Cuts and puncture wounds
       • Choking
       • Suffocation
       • Poisoning
       • Drowning
       • Road accidents
     • Safety measurements
       • stair gates
       • Safety glass and protection for low windows and doors
       • Window safety catches
       • Use of harnesses in highchairs, prams and pushchairs
       • Fire guards
       • Socket covers
       • Cooker guards and cooker safety
       • Keeping kettle flexes out of reach
       • Keeping sharp knifes and objects out of reach
       • Catches on cupboards and draws
       • Never leaving the child alone in the bath
       • Keeping plastic bags out of reach
       • Keeping small items away
     • First aid box in the home
       • Non allergic plasters
       • Bandages
       • Bandage tape
       • Sterile gauze
       • Wrapped individually sterile dressing
       • None allergic tape
       • Triangle bandages
       • Safety pins

2. Pregnancy

   • Reproduction
     • Stages of fertilisation