infant development
Newborn maturation process
Infant development refers to the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur during the first year or two of life.
The term encompasses milestones like rolling over, crawling, first words, and social smiling.
Pediatricians track infant development to identify delays early: Her infant development is right on schedule.
The field studies how babies acquire motor skills, language, and attachment to caregivers.
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- baby talkSimplified speech for infants
- first wordsInfant's earliest speech
- social smileVoluntary interpersonal facial expression
- object permanenceKnowledge things persist unseen
growth · cognitive milestones · bonding · memory · temperament · motor skills · attachment · attention · trust-building · cooing · reflexes · perception · imitation · self-regulation · gestures · stranger anxiety · crawling · gross motor
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
infant developmentsenescence
Gradual functional decline with age
adult learning · adolescent development · middle age · old age · terminal decline
infant developmentcognitive decline
Worsening of thought abilities
neurodegeneration · dementia · deterioration · developmental delay · atrophy
infant developmentfailure to thrive
Inadequate childhood growth diagnosis
arrested development · stagnation · developmental delay · stasis
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