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!
The Dedireyeh infant burial from Syria.
Why your body loves sleep
Measuring the Weight and Length of an Infant
Perform Infant Rescue Breathing
Early Childhood Caries When infants are given a bottle shortly before sleep
Infant mortality by income quintile, urban Canada, 1996