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Growth refers to
An increase in physical size
Development is
The sequential process by which infants and children gain various skills and functions
Both growth and development are influenced by
hereditary by development in determining the child support Angel while environment contributes to the degree of achievement
Maturation refers to
An increase in functionality of various body systems or developmental skills
Physical growth, maturation of body systems, and gross and fine motor skills progresses in
Orderly and sequential fashion
Infants exhibit vast amount of learning in the
Psychosocial and cognitive, language and communication, and social emotional domain
Adjusted growth is used to determine the infants expected outcome. How would you determine the adjusted growth of a premature infant
If a 6 month old was born at 28 weeks gestation therefore he was born 12 weeks early which is 3 months so subtract 3 months from The Chronicle logic age of 6 months to obtain the adjusted age of 3 months
What are the indicators of physical growth in the newborn and infant
Weight, length, and head and chest circumference
The average newborn weighs
3.400 kg 7.5 lb at Birth with boys being slightly heavier than girls
Newborn lose up to how many percentage of body weight over the first week and then gains about how much per day
Lose up to 10% of body weight and gains about 30 grand per day and regains his or her birth weight by 10 to 14 days of age
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