1. What activities and experiences that you and your child engage in might be promoting healthy behavioral practices and an interest in physical activity?
We play with Isabelle and make sure she is engaging in physical activity daily, we take her out to play games and go riding on her tri-cycle, she seems to have a lower than average energy level and gets tired and doesn’t want to play anymore so we encourage her physical activity to stretch her endurance.
2. Describe development of your child’s language and cognitive skills and discuss how these might be affecting his or her interactions with you & your responses.
Isabelle is above average in this area, she is able to speak in sentences and tell stories. We sometimes have misunderstandings and I have to be patient and tell her to use her words.
3. How well is your child adapting to social situations in the home and outside the home? Does your child have any behavior or emotional problems at this point? Why do you think these problems are occurring and what are you doing about them?
She has a difficult time with getting along with other kids at times when it comes to sharing toys, but she has friends and is very social at preschool. It was recommended we are extra affectionate with Isabelle to stop this issue. Other than that we took a parenting questionnaire and rated average on how we deal with Isabelle’s discipline and control with her.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
2 1/2 years old
1. Have there been any environmental events in your child’s first 2 1/2 years that you think might have influenced his or her behavior? On what do you base your hypotheses?
Isabelle is doing well but she seems very clingy to me and has the usual temper as a 2 year old would have but sometimes she gets exasperated with me because I might not be understanding her totally. She sometimes has tantrums she cant calm herself down. The only thing I can think would be the source of the problem would be a lack of time outs with misbehavior
2. How is your child progressing on typical toddler issues, such as learning household rules, learning to follow routines, listening to you, developing self control and learning to get along with other children?
She needs some reminders about house hold rules... she just fell off the chair and hit her head becuase she wasnt obeying the rules... I brought her to the doctore and she had a minor concussion but was fine later. Her self control could use somemore development. She gets along with other kids very well. I would say she is the typical toddler...
3. Analyze your own parenting philosophy and practices. What principles from social learning theory, Bowlby, Ainsworth, Piaget, Vygotsky, information processing theory, developmental neuroscience and other theories do you appear to have relied on in making your parenting choices or interpreting your child’s behavior? Include three principles/theorists from the above list in your answer
I believe I follow more closely to Vygostky in the way that I am very vocal with Isabelle. We talk alot and interact with eachother verbally all the time. I spend a lot of time playing games with her and talking so we can grow that bond. I believe she is a typical 2 year old. Although I also believe that piaget cognitive prossessing is a good example of how kids construct knowlege as they manipulate objects. Isabelle is good with objects and taking things apart and figuring them out. I have had to learn to be more understanding and patient with her temperment, that is helping her development. We are communicating better now. I just found out I am virtually pregnant... so that will be the next talk...
Isabelle is doing well but she seems very clingy to me and has the usual temper as a 2 year old would have but sometimes she gets exasperated with me because I might not be understanding her totally. She sometimes has tantrums she cant calm herself down. The only thing I can think would be the source of the problem would be a lack of time outs with misbehavior
2. How is your child progressing on typical toddler issues, such as learning household rules, learning to follow routines, listening to you, developing self control and learning to get along with other children?
She needs some reminders about house hold rules... she just fell off the chair and hit her head becuase she wasnt obeying the rules... I brought her to the doctore and she had a minor concussion but was fine later. Her self control could use somemore development. She gets along with other kids very well. I would say she is the typical toddler...
3. Analyze your own parenting philosophy and practices. What principles from social learning theory, Bowlby, Ainsworth, Piaget, Vygotsky, information processing theory, developmental neuroscience and other theories do you appear to have relied on in making your parenting choices or interpreting your child’s behavior? Include three principles/theorists from the above list in your answer
I believe I follow more closely to Vygostky in the way that I am very vocal with Isabelle. We talk alot and interact with eachother verbally all the time. I spend a lot of time playing games with her and talking so we can grow that bond. I believe she is a typical 2 year old. Although I also believe that piaget cognitive prossessing is a good example of how kids construct knowlege as they manipulate objects. Isabelle is good with objects and taking things apart and figuring them out. I have had to learn to be more understanding and patient with her temperment, that is helping her development. We are communicating better now. I just found out I am virtually pregnant... so that will be the next talk...
Monday, September 15, 2008
Isabelle8-18 months
1. Describe and give examples of changes in your child’s exploratory or problem solving behavior from 8 through 18 months and categorize them according to Piagetian and information processing theories. Note that 8 months is included, so you'll need to use the time-line to look back at 8 months for examples.
Isabelle has been getting so big. She is so mechanical. She enjoys sitting and working on puzzles and building blocks. She is very mellow and likes mellow activities. I have been trying to stretch her interests so she can learn to play with other kids. So I take her to the park and to play groups. I have again tried the object permanence test on her and she did so well! She enjoys finding the object and doing it over and over. She is getting really good at it. The last time I tried it she liked the game but didn’t get it every time and was more easily distracted. Another thing she is doing, she plays with a ball and throws it against the wall constantly and each time watching where the ball goes, she is so smart, she even does it in different directions to see where it goes. Sometimes it even hits her in the face and she cracks up laughing. She is showing Processing theories when she throws the ball against the wall or she is building puzzles. She is not showing much interest in music, she likes it but isn’t all that inclined to the dancing to rhythms. She is showing lots of interest in exploring the world around her by wanting down to run around and look at things. She is my little explorer, Isabelle has to be watched at all times or she will run of and get into trouble. She already climbed on a chair when I wasn’t looking and fell off and got a concussion. She keeps me on my toes.
2. Analyze your baby’s temperament in more detail at 18 months than you did at 8 months. How would you describe your baby in terms of the five aspects of temperament utilized by the Virtual Child program (activity, sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. cooperativeness, and self control)? Has Isabelle's temperament been stable over the first 18 months? A blurb defining and providing examples of the five aspects of temperament is provided at 12 months, but you should seek out further explanations of temperament from your textbook. Explain how the concept of goodness of fit (also discussed in the blurb on infant temperament) applies to your interactions with your child.
Isabelle’s activity level seems to be lower than some. She likes quite pass times, playing with blocks and building puzzles. Isabelle is social with people she knows well, she plays well with other children, but is slow to warm up to strangers. I would say she may be a little on the introverted side. We will see what happens as she gets older. Isabelle is an emotional girl, like her Mommy. She gets excited when others are excited and when she is mad…look out…When she is sad she cries… she is getting better at handling her emotions but still has a hard time getting control of herself which I think will develop with maturity. Isabelle is pretty cooperative with other kids and isn’t very aggressive unless provoked by another child taking a toy she throws tantrums with me sometimes but it’s the usual trying to control the situation to get her way. This also leads into her self control; we have to work on getting her to communicate what is bothering her instead of losing her temper. So to deal with this she goes on time out when she is unable to get a hold of herself and continues to throw a tantrum. As far as goodness to fit, she is more of a quiet and to herself child that likes to play with blocks and puzzles, so I play puzzles with her and try to see if I can get her interested in other activities, I can see in the future, trying to go with her more often instead of push her to be active… I guess I should be thankful she isn’t hyper never stopping. I just want to make sure she is learning all she needs to be at this age.
3. Were you surprised by anything in the developmental assessment at 19 months? That is, does your perception of your child's physical, cognitive, language and social development differ from that of the developmental examiner? Give specific examples. If you were not surprised, write instead about some aspects of your child's development that need the most work.
I was a little surprised by the by the developmental assistants comment that we need to work on communication with Isabelle and try to read her reactions a little more closely. She thinks Isabelle is securely attached but we just need to communicate a little better, which I can see since she can be easily irritated at times. I am going to try to work on our interpersonal communication so we can have less frustration when we are having a difficult time communicating.
Isabelle has been getting so big. She is so mechanical. She enjoys sitting and working on puzzles and building blocks. She is very mellow and likes mellow activities. I have been trying to stretch her interests so she can learn to play with other kids. So I take her to the park and to play groups. I have again tried the object permanence test on her and she did so well! She enjoys finding the object and doing it over and over. She is getting really good at it. The last time I tried it she liked the game but didn’t get it every time and was more easily distracted. Another thing she is doing, she plays with a ball and throws it against the wall constantly and each time watching where the ball goes, she is so smart, she even does it in different directions to see where it goes. Sometimes it even hits her in the face and she cracks up laughing. She is showing Processing theories when she throws the ball against the wall or she is building puzzles. She is not showing much interest in music, she likes it but isn’t all that inclined to the dancing to rhythms. She is showing lots of interest in exploring the world around her by wanting down to run around and look at things. She is my little explorer, Isabelle has to be watched at all times or she will run of and get into trouble. She already climbed on a chair when I wasn’t looking and fell off and got a concussion. She keeps me on my toes.
2. Analyze your baby’s temperament in more detail at 18 months than you did at 8 months. How would you describe your baby in terms of the five aspects of temperament utilized by the Virtual Child program (activity, sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. cooperativeness, and self control)? Has Isabelle's temperament been stable over the first 18 months? A blurb defining and providing examples of the five aspects of temperament is provided at 12 months, but you should seek out further explanations of temperament from your textbook. Explain how the concept of goodness of fit (also discussed in the blurb on infant temperament) applies to your interactions with your child.
Isabelle’s activity level seems to be lower than some. She likes quite pass times, playing with blocks and building puzzles. Isabelle is social with people she knows well, she plays well with other children, but is slow to warm up to strangers. I would say she may be a little on the introverted side. We will see what happens as she gets older. Isabelle is an emotional girl, like her Mommy. She gets excited when others are excited and when she is mad…look out…When she is sad she cries… she is getting better at handling her emotions but still has a hard time getting control of herself which I think will develop with maturity. Isabelle is pretty cooperative with other kids and isn’t very aggressive unless provoked by another child taking a toy she throws tantrums with me sometimes but it’s the usual trying to control the situation to get her way. This also leads into her self control; we have to work on getting her to communicate what is bothering her instead of losing her temper. So to deal with this she goes on time out when she is unable to get a hold of herself and continues to throw a tantrum. As far as goodness to fit, she is more of a quiet and to herself child that likes to play with blocks and puzzles, so I play puzzles with her and try to see if I can get her interested in other activities, I can see in the future, trying to go with her more often instead of push her to be active… I guess I should be thankful she isn’t hyper never stopping. I just want to make sure she is learning all she needs to be at this age.
3. Were you surprised by anything in the developmental assessment at 19 months? That is, does your perception of your child's physical, cognitive, language and social development differ from that of the developmental examiner? Give specific examples. If you were not surprised, write instead about some aspects of your child's development that need the most work.
I was a little surprised by the by the developmental assistants comment that we need to work on communication with Isabelle and try to read her reactions a little more closely. She thinks Isabelle is securely attached but we just need to communicate a little better, which I can see since she can be easily irritated at times. I am going to try to work on our interpersonal communication so we can have less frustration when we are having a difficult time communicating.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Isabelle 0-8 months old
Isabelle is 9 months old now. The following three questions can be used as a writing/discussion assignment.
1. How does your baby’s eating, sleeping and motor development compare to the typical developmental patterns?
2. At 8 months of age was your child an “easy”, “slow-to-warm-up”, or “difficult” baby in terms of Thomas and Chess’s classic temperamental categories? On what do you base this judgement?
3. How is your child’s attachment to you and your partner developing? What is happening at the 3-month and 8-month periods that might affect attachment security according to Bowlby and Ainsworth, and various research studies?
Remember that you can use the time-line at the top of the program to look back at questions at any age-level you have already passed through.
Isabelle's eating is ok,but she is a little slow in her eating patterns, she just had some trouble with indigestion and diarhhea, so I changed her formula to see if that seemed to help. She is advanced in her motor skills, she enjoys crawling and pulling up to stand a play with objects. She is very interested in everything around her and makes good eye contact with people. Isabelle is a little slow to warm up but she seems to warm up quickly to friendly smiling people.Especially when myself or my husband are near. Her temperment seems to follow easy going she hasnt had any major issues she eats sleeps and gets around like any other 8 month old. She has a little issue with going to bed at night but calms down after a few minutes. Although when she is upset she has a difficult time calming her self down. I have had to learn to be patient with her, she is very sensitive. Isabelle is very attached to me, my husband spends some extra time with her to bond so that she can grow closer to him as well and detach a little from me, in the beginning she spent more time with me as I was at home with her and my husband was at work. I had to return to work reciently, so she had difficulty going to daycare because she had a little separation anxiety.She just wanted me to be with her.
1. How does your baby’s eating, sleeping and motor development compare to the typical developmental patterns?
2. At 8 months of age was your child an “easy”, “slow-to-warm-up”, or “difficult” baby in terms of Thomas and Chess’s classic temperamental categories? On what do you base this judgement?
3. How is your child’s attachment to you and your partner developing? What is happening at the 3-month and 8-month periods that might affect attachment security according to Bowlby and Ainsworth, and various research studies?
Remember that you can use the time-line at the top of the program to look back at questions at any age-level you have already passed through.
Isabelle's eating is ok,but she is a little slow in her eating patterns, she just had some trouble with indigestion and diarhhea, so I changed her formula to see if that seemed to help. She is advanced in her motor skills, she enjoys crawling and pulling up to stand a play with objects. She is very interested in everything around her and makes good eye contact with people. Isabelle is a little slow to warm up but she seems to warm up quickly to friendly smiling people.Especially when myself or my husband are near. Her temperment seems to follow easy going she hasnt had any major issues she eats sleeps and gets around like any other 8 month old. She has a little issue with going to bed at night but calms down after a few minutes. Although when she is upset she has a difficult time calming her self down. I have had to learn to be patient with her, she is very sensitive. Isabelle is very attached to me, my husband spends some extra time with her to bond so that she can grow closer to him as well and detach a little from me, in the beginning she spent more time with me as I was at home with her and my husband was at work. I had to return to work reciently, so she had difficulty going to daycare because she had a little separation anxiety.She just wanted me to be with her.
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