Calendar of child development. Child referred to as a newborn in the period from birth and up to 4 weeks. In the early days of his entire body to work more energized and more stable and calm condition is only the beginning of the second week.

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Standards of Kids Development

Science defines five different states of baby during this period:

The deep sleep. Newborn totally relaxed, slow and even breath, closed his eyes and face relaxed.

Shallow sleep. Irregular breath, slightly more frequent than in deep sleep, occasionally there twitch arms and legs, visible as moving the eyeball under the centuries.

Drowse state. It is during feeding or to suspend, eyes semi.

Vigil. Active baby committing traffic entire body, hands and feet.

Crying. Crying may mean that the child is something unhappy or felt discomfort - he is hungry, wet, frightened, etc.

By the time of the birth of a newborn baby, there are innate reflexes that help it adapt to new environments. Many of them disappear during the first months of life, and some are moving in the acquisition of reflexes, already operating at the level of consciousness and accompany child, and then an adult, his entire life. Some of the innate reflexes (such as: sneezing reflex, wince, wink, yawning, knee-jerk and a few others), there are still a child for life.

Reflex action baby allow doctors and child psychologists to determine the status of the child and his nervous system. Below, we offer you a description of the seven major reflexes that characterize the baby during the first weeks or months of his life.