Development Patterns In Children

In response to question one, at twelve months of age my child, Aidan, compares relatively normally to the typical development patterns in children twelve months of age. (1A) Two motor skills that Aidan achieved by 12 months of age are walking and throwing. Aidan first started to walk by himself as a normal motor skill at 12 months and he started to display throwing at 12 months as well. (1B) Aidan was on time walking by himself according to the normal age milestones. By 11-13 months, children typically are able to walk by themselves, and Aidan is just on time with that. For throwing, Aidan is also on time, according to the normal age milestones as well; children typically start to throw objects around 12 months of age to see reactions in their …show more content…
According to the pediatrician, Aidan had typical motor skills for his age, 8 months, standing by himself but not yet walking, but in 4 months, he reached the milestone of walking by himself at 12 months. Throwing was also developed at this time because he always played games like putting puzzles together, stacking cups or playing with busy boards, to enhance his fine motor skills such as grasping. This showed experimentation with his surroundings, leading him to be curious and throw objects. (1D) My child’s motor development does follow the Dynamic Systems theory for both walking and throwing. Walking, in that Aidan was able to explore his environment through walks and plenty of opportunities to explore. In home and at daycare, increased social interaction gave him a chance to use perceptual information to evaluate surfaces and support. By walking he uses posture and balance and body weight distribution. His development follows the Dynamic System Theory through throwing as well in that Aidan was able to move his hands to specific locations to grab objects. This requires him to use his sights to coordinate his movements and to control his …show more content…
Even when Aidan is held around strangers, he clings onto me, and I try to let him warm up to the strangers but if he is not feeling it, I will try again later or come back with him another time to try and work on his social skills. Even though Aidan is only really securely attached to me, it still shows stranger anxiety when others are around whom he is not familiar with. Aidan’s reluctance to part stems from me and Aidan spending time together at home, doing activities such as playing games and doing puzzles, dancing around and rocking him. Leaving him alone at daycare I have to reassure him where I am going and that I will be back. He calms down shortly after this but his separation anxiety stems from us having a secure base attachment. (2C) Mary Ainsworth’s theory of a secure base can be seen in Aidan’s attachment. The Strange Situation model can help explain this through stranger anxiety and separation anxiety. These two reactions show that my partner and I have created a secure base for Aidan to rely on. He becomes upset when I leave, he cannot be consoled by any stranger and he is happy upon my arrival since I have been a responsive primary care