case study on infant or toddler for my human development class

This is a case study presenting the developmental milestones of a three-year old American boy named Kevin (not his real name

Kevin was the first-born child of Sam and Joan . After a full term of nine months , his mother gave birth to him via normal delivery on the 4th of December in 2003 . He weighed 7 .7 lbs and was 21 inches in length . As an infant , he was healthy and breastfed by his mother who attended to his care full-time . His father , who is a real estate agent , also gave him proper

care and attention . Despite his hectic work schedule , he made sure that he spent enough time with Kevin at night and on non-working days . Kevin took his first solid food at five months old but was still being breastfed by his mother . Occasionally , he would have stomach upsets that would result to loose bowel movement , though not severe . At six months old , he started to fixate on baby toys and other objects but still did not have object permanence . For his social progress , he would smile when cuddled and touched on the chin . Also at this stage , his sleeping time decreased from 16 hours to 13 hours , as he was awake most time of the day

For his developmental milestones , Kevin started to crawl at seven months old . Nearly a month after that , he spoke his first word (mama . He started walking when he was one year old . As months passed , he eventually learned to communicate with others using baby talk (more milk , want toy , where ball , touch doggie . He also started showing resilience to strangers and visitors in the house . When he was nearly two years old , he had an accident in their backyard . He tried to climb a slide but fell . Fortunately , he only had bumps and bruises . His x-ray results did not show any bone fracture or dislocation

For his social development , Kevin started having playmates at two years old . His favorite toys were building blocks , ball , and toy cars . He was also fond of scribbling and would even ask for and crayons . It was also at this stage when he was constantly showing tantrums whenever he did not get what he wanted . He would cry , whine and throw himself on the floor . Sometimes he would also throw things and try to attack his playmates , parents or baby-sitter . Moreover , he frequently sought attention by being affectionate and impressing people through his baby antics (beautiful eyes , flying kiss , moonwalk

When he was two years and five months old , his mother decided to go back to work and get a baby-sitter to watch over him while they were out . At first they had difficulty adjusting to this set-up since Kevin would cry every time his mother left the house . It seemed that he was overly to his mother that he could not trust anyone other than his parents . This might be due to the principle of separation anxiety (Santrock , 2002 . Eventually , he got used...