Physical Development

2. whole hand grip to grab things
4. principal that physical and motor skills radiates outward from the bodies center
6. A fatal form of child abuse where baby or toddler is violently shaken
7. What’s important at bedtime
8. the ability to process visual information
12. method of cleaning one’s body without full immersion in a bath
15. severe tooth decay due to prolonged exposure to sugary liquids
17. turns head to one side, arms extend
18. using thumb and pointer to grasp
20. usually fall off by 3 weeks after birth
23. to gradually accustom a baby to getting off the mothers milk
24. a human child in the earliest period of life

1. sucking their thumb
3. The five levels of things children need
5. natural often painful process in which infants first teeth come through
9. the process by which a person become protected against disease
10. one-piece garment that baby wears that snaps at the crotch
11. movements that use large muscles like running, jumping, swimming
13. temporary development phase where infants cry frequently starting at 2 weeks
14. frequent and inconsolable crying or fussiness
16. measurement of child from soles of their feet to the top of their head
19. a young child between one and three
21. an automatic response in newborns to sudden changes in their environment
22. a core metric of physical growth