J.J was a very happy baby and immediately took to me. When I first saw her she was laying down in her crib infatuated with her mobile that spun around above her. When I picked her up and started talking to her she started to smile and couldn’t take her eyes off of me. As I held her and walked around with her I would point and say things such as “Look is that your mommy, who’s that?” and her eyes would wander to wherever I pointed. For the most part she was able to control her head but at times she still needed some support. For part of the observation we set up a blanket on the living room floor so I could test different responses. When I laid her on her stomach she was able to lift her head and chest a little bit. One of the reflexes that
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When I stroked her face her tongue immediately came out which was actually really adorable. An additional reflex I tested was the sucking reflex I put a binky up to her lips (this was the stimulus) and her response was sucking on it. This reflex was also seen when I fed her a bottle later on. Another reflex I tested was the plantar grasp reflex. This reflex requires you to stimulate the foot. You do this by applying “pressure to the foot proximal to the toes and distal to the ball of the foot” and the response is flexion of the toes (Aaronson, 2016). When I stroked my finger across her foot she immediately reacted curling up her toes. She was very interactive with the environment. There were a variety of toys laid out and when I would hand her one she would grasp onto it tightly. She did not actively reach for any of the objects but she would squirm around kicking her arms and legs. J.J is not able to roll over yet. I tried getting her to roll over by going on the opposite side she was facing and calling her name and talking and tapping her
When I stroked her face her tongue immediately came out which was actually really adorable. An additional reflex I tested was the sucking reflex I put a binky up to her lips (this was the stimulus) and her response was sucking on it. This reflex was also seen when I fed her a bottle later on. Another reflex I tested was the plantar grasp reflex. This reflex requires you to stimulate the foot. You do this by applying “pressure to the foot proximal to the toes and distal to the ball of the foot” and the response is flexion of the toes (Aaronson, 2016). When I stroked my finger across her foot she immediately reacted curling up her toes. She was very interactive with the environment. There were a variety of toys laid out and when I would hand her one she would grasp onto it tightly. She did not actively reach for any of the objects but she would squirm around kicking her arms and legs. J.J is not able to roll over yet. I tried getting her to roll over by going on the opposite side she was facing and calling her name and talking and tapping her