Reflection On Birth-19

Reading chapter 7, I learned about the social smile which what a baby does when expressing happiness. This smile is evoked by a human face when a baby is at about 6 weeks. Something I didn't know what that a baby doesn't laugh until the 2 to 4 month period. I would think that if a baby expressed anger it seemed as is something was wrong but the trusty is, anger is a healthy response to being frustrated. Despite a baby's attitude being frustrated is very normal. The concept of self awareness is not developed in a baby's brain until 15-24 months. This means that if a baby looks in the mirror and begins to move around their understanding is that another baby is their reflection. They can't comprehend that it's the same person. This also applied to looking at a picture of themselves. They don't think it's them instead they believe its another baby. Another fact that blew my mind is that during the first weeks of a baby's life, when they cry they don't produce tears. This was such a weird concept to me because you associate crying and babies so often but the amount of detail it takes to look if they have tears never seems important. This is definitely a fun fact I will …show more content…
The way you decided to let your infant sleep, co-sleeping, bed sharing or in their own room can be traced to their separation anxiety. If as an infant they slept in their own nursery they begun to develop this independence. If their sleeping had to involve bed-sharing or co-sleeping and when they wake up their parent is gone they automatically begin to panic. This is why many parents use a transition object to calm them down and not make them feel alone. Using a teddy bear or a blanket to fall asleep with will help the separation anxiety diminish. Of at age 3 they still have a strong anxiety when alone, this can be diagnosed as an emotional disorder impairing them for becoming