Question 1
WIC supplementation programs have been found to help combat infant malnourishment and have been shown to make a difference in children's later ______.
◦ verbal and spatial skills
◦ athletic and school performance
◦ language development
◦ IQ and school performance
Question 2
You and your pediatrician get into an argument regarding where the infant should sleep. You strongly believe that she should sleep with you, while your pediatrician insists that it can be dangerous for her not to sleep in her own crib. What would be your argument?
◦ There is no medical reason that your infant cannot sleep with you, it is just a cultural opinion.
◦ Pediatricians do not care as much about infants as you do.
◦ There is scientific evidence that infants who sleep in cribs in different rooms grow up developmentally deprived.
◦ You love your infant too much to have him or her in a different room!
Slow-Wave Sleep and Learning
Madonna and Child with St. Anne and Infant St. John the Baptist.
This father is serving as a secure base for his infant.
Characteristics of NREM and REM sleep
Sample hypnograms of an infant at ages 3, 12, and 24 months