Early Childhood Development Paper

Early Childhood Development covers a large array of topics ranging from contraception methods all the way to the way toddlers behave and why. The class is very informative and beneficial to anyone who is considering a career involving children or people who have any desire to become parents. Through this class I have learned a great deal about kids ranging from infants to toddlers and their development as well as it what it takes to be a parent and how parents’ actions affect their children. The topics that I have learned and remembered the best are what to expect during pregnancy, the drastic developmental differences that children go through in the first 2-3 years of life and what difficulties parents parent’s face during this critical period …show more content…
We then covered what happens before, during and after birth. I learned about the early signs of labor such as when the mucus plug dissolves and blood shows, and how to tell the difference between real signs of labor versus signs of false labor in regards to contractions. This will be very valuable information to remember later in life when either me or someone I am close to is pregnant and is not sure if they are in labor or not. We then learned about what to expect if the child is born premature, if they are born before 37 weeks, and how to induce labor if the opposite problem occurs and the mother has not gone into labor by the time that they should. Some of these methods for …show more content…
Within the first year children grow an average of ten inches in length and gain about 15 pounds, but physical changes are actually the least impressive in terms of development. They also grow exponentially in terms of intellectual, emotional and social development. As they grow there are certain developmental milestones, such as at what age they should begin walking and talking. These are what helps parents to know if their child is “on track” developmentally and whether or not they need to worry about where the kid is at in their life. A majority of these changes occur during the first year or so of life, when the child goes from not being able to lift their head to being able to take their first steps. They also are able to read people’s emotions and convey their own emotions to others. It’s helpful to know about what to expect from a child in terms of growth so that the parents can predict when in their child’s life they will learn to perform specific actions. These factors can then be used to determine if their child is on track