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Prenatal Development/Birth/Infancy Student’s Name ________________________________________

Date Completed: Persona Child’s Name _________________

Describe three things that you will do to take care of yourself prenatally: Page # ___________

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Where do you want to have your baby and why? Some possible choices are: hospital, birth center, home, and so on.

Who do you want present and why?

What will the mother be using for emotional support during labor and delivery? According to our book, who is a doula? Page # _____

Preparations beforehand? What will you do to prepare before the baby comes? For example, will you take any childbirth classes, and so on?

What is a Cesarean Section? Will you request a C- section? Why or why not? Page # ______

What is an epidural? Will you request one? Why or why not? Page # ________

Will you use kangaroo care? Why? List at least two benefits. Page # ____

What is post-partum depression? What can be done to ease it? Page # _____

These questions are for the first 12 months of your child’s life:

Describe a typical day in the life of your baby….

1. Where does your baby sleep? Pg. _____

2. What does your baby eat? Obviously, this changes over the course of the first year. Give a couple examples periodically over the first year. Pg. _____

3. What does your child like to look at? Listen to? Play with?

4. How do you stimulate language development? Which of the three theories do you believe?

Pg. _____

5. What milestones has your child reached in regards to language development at 6 months? At one year old? Pg. _____

6. What emotions does your baby express? Pg. _____ Describe your baby’s temperament type. Pg ______ What are the best strategies for dealing with a baby of that temperament type?

7. Apply at least one of the theories from Chapter 7 to your baby. Describe and explain. Pg _________