Chapter 3
After reading this chapter about pregnancy and prenatal development, I come away with that everything that goes into your bodies contributes to how somebody develops. Also, that prenatal development can be very detailed or complex but remarkable at the same time. Remarkable because it can survive many generations. Adding that genetic contribution of someones parents occurs from the very beginning of the pregnancy.
Chapter 4
Birth is very complex and in this chapter it provides us with great information that can help people understand. Many years ago the impact of having a baby took the lives of many mothers. Luckily, to technology growing at a serious pace (in a good way), mothers usually make it through giving birth, pre-mature babies have a greater chance to live and be healthy physically and psychological development. Finally, I think its necessary to talk about the end of this chapter in which it discusses family adjustments when a baby is born. Having a newborn also means having to be financial stable and smarter with money while adding elements such as emotional, social, physical, and most of all mental.
Chapter 5
Next, infancy. Infants today are looked as potential. A baby is born ready to grow in many different ways. The first two years of a infants life are very important. You may notice growing in a positive way but also setbacks physically and psychologically. As parents, don't panic in these situations. Usually, an infant dealing with setbacks are not permanent. This shows that infants are actually strong and recover quickly from setbacks.
Finally, I wanted to bring up the table shown on page 124 called categories of temperament.. It's a great visual for parents to use and learn from. As parents, we tend to sometimes over exaggerate on things when our children are young or infants and this table may help in certain cases.
Joey,
ReplyDeleteI found all the events that occur during this period are remarkable as well. It is unbelievable that so many processes are taking place at this time and that they eventually lead to a viable human being. I like your thought on how differently birth is looked at today, compared to many years ago. As you have stated, many mothers did die due to birth in the past, but with the implementation of technology and the movement of delivering babies in hospitals, the death rate has been significantly lowered. Though we now have the technology and medicine to assist in delivery, we should never take giving birth for granted.
Hi Joey,
ReplyDeleteIt is a wild time when you experience pregnancy first hand. Like Steven mentioned above its unbelievable that so many things are taking place at the same time to create a person. Hitting on the family adjustments once the newborn arrives is pretty accurate. If you are not flexible and patient a new child is introduced into your life it can really cause issues.
Great points on the technological advancements. Birth can still be one of the most miraculous, joyous, and frightening moments of one's life. As we progress with increased awareness of pre natal care we are seeing a huge decrease in birth complications. The trend of educating expecting parents and improvement in pre natal care is a huge improvement from even twenty years ago.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Joey.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely agree with you that having a baby enter a household does require that the entire family needs to make adjustments. It is an impact on everyone, including children. Children, especially young children, are usually pretty excited when they find out that they are going to have a new brother or sister, but once that baby arrives, and the parents' time becomes more scarce, the resentment begins. They realize that they are no longer the center of attention, and that mom and dad's tempers are more prevalent.
You definitely make many good points, but I challenge your statement of, "having to be more financially stable." I believe that this is a difficult assumption to make, especially from my personal point of view. All of us are accustomed to some sort of life style, and our finances vary from family to family. Many families today live without any sort of savings or retirement. Many families struggle to put food on the table and don't have the "financial stability" to take care of themselves, let alone a baby, but they manage to do the best that they can. Of course this is not true for everyone, but I'm sure it is true for a good majority of the human population, worldwide.