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Child's growth

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Nafeesa Naeem

Child growth occurs in defined patterns and stages. Growth is a quantitative increase in size and mass through cell multiplication and increases in intracellular substance that can be measured. A child's growth pattern is cephalocaudal (head to toe) and proximodistal (inward to outward). Growth occurs in stages of infancy, early childhood, childhood, and late childhood, each with characteristic physical, mental, social, and emotional changes.

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CHILD’s GROWTH
DEFINITION • GROWTH • The term growth denotes a net increase in the size, or mass of the tissue. • It is a quantitative change in the child’s body. • It is largely attributed to multiplication of cells and increase in the intracellular substance. • It can be measured in Kg, pounds, meters, inches, ….. etc
Growth Patterns The child’s pattern of growth is in a head-to-toe direction, or cephalocaudal, and in an inward to outward pattern called proximodistal.
Physical Growth
• Lose some after birth • 1-2 lbs./month 1st 6 months • 1 pound/month in 2nd 6 months – Birth weight: • Doubled by 6 month • Tripled by 1 year • 20-22 lbs.: average weight of 1 year old – Heredity, feeding habits, and physical activity Weight
• Avg newborn =20 inches • Avg 1 year =30 inches • Heredity: influences height more than weight Height
Child's growth
Stages of growth
Different stages of growth • There are stages of growth that a child goes through. • Infancy • Early childhood • Childhood • Late childhood
Infancy • Infancy- from birth to 18th months • Physical changes • Bones are still soft and flexible • Learns to sit, to crawl, to stand and to sit. • Mental changes • Gets what it need by crying • Can recognize parents and siblings
Early childhood • 18th month to 3 years • Physical changes • Learns to walk and to talk • Arms and legs get longer • Mental changes • Social changes • Not ready to share or to play interactively with others
• 3 to 6 years • Physical changes • Begins to lose milk teeth • Learns to behave while in a group • Social changes • Learns to play interactively and to make friends • Emotional changes • Physical contact becomes less frequent Childhood
Late childhood • Physical changes • Appetite increases • Process of sexual maturity begins • Acquires high-level thinking skills • Emotional changes • Self-centeredness lessens

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Child's growth

  • 2. DEFINITION • GROWTH • The term growth denotes a net increase in the size, or mass of the tissue. • It is a quantitative change in the child’s body. • It is largely attributed to multiplication of cells and increase in the intracellular substance. • It can be measured in Kg, pounds, meters, inches, ….. etc
  • 3. Growth Patterns The child’s pattern of growth is in a head-to-toe direction, or cephalocaudal, and in an inward to outward pattern called proximodistal.
  • 5. • Lose some after birth • 1-2 lbs./month 1st 6 months • 1 pound/month in 2nd 6 months – Birth weight: • Doubled by 6 month • Tripled by 1 year • 20-22 lbs.: average weight of 1 year old – Heredity, feeding habits, and physical activity Weight
  • 6. • Avg newborn =20 inches • Avg 1 year =30 inches • Heredity: influences height more than weight Height
  • 9. Different stages of growth • There are stages of growth that a child goes through. • Infancy • Early childhood • Childhood • Late childhood
  • 10. Infancy • Infancy- from birth to 18th months • Physical changes • Bones are still soft and flexible • Learns to sit, to crawl, to stand and to sit. • Mental changes • Gets what it need by crying • Can recognize parents and siblings
  • 11. Early childhood • 18th month to 3 years • Physical changes • Learns to walk and to talk • Arms and legs get longer • Mental changes • Social changes • Not ready to share or to play interactively with others
  • 12. • 3 to 6 years • Physical changes • Begins to lose milk teeth • Learns to behave while in a group • Social changes • Learns to play interactively and to make friends • Emotional changes • Physical contact becomes less frequent Childhood
  • 13. Late childhood • Physical changes • Appetite increases • Process of sexual maturity begins • Acquires high-level thinking skills • Emotional changes • Self-centeredness lessens