Growth charts
Show average weights and heights for boys and girls at certain ages
Developmental milestones
Key skills used to check a child's progress
Proportion
Size relationship between different parts of the body
Depth perception
Ability to perceive objects that are three dimensional
Gross motor skills
Involve the large muscles of the body
Fine motor skills
Involve smaller muscles of the body
Hand-eye coordination
Ability to move the hands and fingers in relation to what is seen
reflexes
Instinctive, automatic responses
Shaken baby syndrome
Severely shaking a baby back and forth. Causes brain damage
Antibodies
Substances produced by the body to fight off germs
Weaning
Changing from the bottle to the cup
Malnutrition
Inadequate nutrition
Diaper rash
Patches of rough, irritated skin in the diaper area
Cradle cap
A skin condition known for yellowish, crusty patches on the scalp
Stimulating environment
One in which the baby has a wide variety of things for the 5 senses- enhances brain development
Teething
The process of the teeth pushing their way through the gums
Immunizations
Shots that give the body a small amount of a disease-carrying germ so the body can build up resistance
Vaccine
Disease-carrying germ that is injected