Observation Of Jonas Quezada

I have always loved being around kids. When I worked at a childcare center, I enjoyed being with the two-year-olds. Later on, when I was put into an infant classroom, I loved every bit of it. It has been a little over two years that I have not worked with infants. When I saw that we needed to observe a child, I automatically said I wanted to observe a newborn baby.
A friend of mine was pregnant and before she gave birth I asked if I could observe her child from the very first day the child was born. I was given the opportunity to observe the newborn named Jonas Quezada. When observing seven-week-old Jonas a male infant. I came to my observations that Jonas is slightly above his age average. Though he is only a few weeks old I could see where …show more content…
His muscular control reflex, head and neck, arm, seeing, hearing, sleeping, eating, and elimination are also where he is slightly above his age. He likes to grasp on to mommy’s finger or his soft blankets. I also noticed that he gets startled easily with sudden loud noises and high-pitched noises like brother screaming or such. Jonas turns his head showing interest to locate the sound when mommy, daddy, or a family relative talks to him and also when soft lullaby music is playing. When he is being held by someone, he tends to keep his head upright with a bit of support. When it is tummy time he lifts his head slightly and moves it from left to right in a nodding motion. When laying down in his crib or when it is time for a diaper change he moves his hands in random movements. His hand movements are he opens and closes them but I did notice that when he is being fed his hands start off in a closed fist and slowly as he starts to get full he relaxes and opens up his hands. Jonas like to focus on mommy the most but when mommy is out of site he continues to search for her as mommy talks to him. When nap time or night time comes and he is laying in his crib he likes to have the mobile on his