#94: Your Developing Infant

Parenting Beyond Discipline

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist

Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Babies change so much in the first year after birth. Learn about these changes in all the areas of development including developmental milestones, ways to support your infant's development and red flags of which to be aware that may mean an assessment by a specialist is in order. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/parenting-beyond-discipline/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Your Village podcast, Parenting Beyond Discipline,
0:09.2	the place to learn about all things parenting and get your questions answered.
0:13.4	I'm your host, Aaron Royer.
0:16.3	One of these days, I am going to record part of the podcast and put it up on my Instagram account so that you
0:21.9	guys can see me actually doing the podcast. But today is not that day because I'm sitting here
0:28.6	with drowned rat hair and in my swim parka. So I'm not going to do that today. But today,
0:36.6	I'm going to talk about babies. Babies are so amazing. They go through so much
0:43.1	development before they're even born, and then it just continues at an alarming rate after birth.
0:48.8	Think about it. When babies are firstborn, babies can barely see a few inches in front of their faces.
0:54.6	They're basically blobs, very cute blobs, but blobs nonetheless that don't do a whole lot more
0:59.4	than sort of wave their arms and legs and cry when they're unhappy.
1:03.8	But when it comes to their sight, there's a reason for this.
1:07.1	Because otherwise, when they come from a mostly dark and muffled womb to a loud, bright world,
1:12.4	it would be completely overwhelming.
1:15.0	Really, it already is pretty overwhelming as it is.
1:17.7	So they have this uncanny ability, well, most of them, except for those like my firstborn,
1:22.9	to tune out a lot of the sights and sounds of the world around them and just sleep through almost
1:28.4	anything. So when it comes to newborn sight, they can really only see clearly things that are one to two
1:35.3	inches from their faces. But sight and hearing develop quickly, and by the time baby is four months
1:41.4	old, he can now see clearly up to 13 inches from his face.
1:45.3	Hearing and sight are the first two areas of the brain to finish development, and there's a reason.
1:50.7	Babies need good hearing to start learning and understanding language.
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