Explains at least two physical developmental milestones that typically developing children

should attain during this period of development.

The growth of the fetus in the abdomen creates physical changes in the interior of the

body. As the baby grows larger, the fetus will spread up into the abdomen and down into the

kidney area of the body, this growth causes the organs of the body to adjust into a smaller space,

(Babymed.com). When a mom is expecting during the seventh month period a baby first touch

receptors is being developed in their lips and cheeks. Within the next few months it will spread

throughout their body by the time the mom reaches week 32 their touch receptor has become

sensitive to temperature, pain, and pressure. By week fifteen to eighteen weeks your baby

already possesses mature taste buds they are able to detect strong flavors in the amniotic fluid,

and will increase her swallowing in response to sweet tastes, (Brill baby).

Explains at least two language developmental milestones that typically developing children

should achieve in this period of development.

A baby learns language development in an environment where their parents communicate

with them while being in their belly by conversations, reading stories, and singing songs. These

skills are develop best in a world that is rich with sounds, sights, and consistent exposure to the

speech and language of others, (National Institute of Health). In addition to iconicity in speech,

spoken languages are usually accompanied by the so-called iconic gestures, which are manual

depictions of the objects and events described in co-occurring speech (e.g., a curved handshape

moving toward the mouth accompanying the verb drink; McNeill, 1992). Infants across different

cultures are sensitive to the iconic properties of words irrespectively of whether they are present

in their own language or not have been found to facilitate phonological and lexical development,

(Imai & Kita, 2014). The abundance of sound-symbolic words in the emerging vocabularies of
speaking infants is more prevalent than previously attested, and seem to contribute significantly

in lexical acquisition (e.g., Laing, 2014). Research suggests that the first 6 months of life are the

most crucial to a childs development of language skills in order for a person to become fully

competent in any language, exposure must begin as early as possible, preferably before school

age, (National Institute of Health).

Explains at least two cognitive developmental milestones that typically developmental children

should achieve in this period of development.

There is a need to employ direct measures of parenting in a naturalistic context (e.g., analyses of

language recordings in the home) as well as develop measures of specific activities and

experiences that promote different dimensions of early cognitive development. Studies using

purely auditory tasks (tasks in which the target and deviant features are embedded within the

same stimulus, e.g., where participants must judge the duration of a sound while ignoring rare

and irrelevant pitch changes) tend to show no age-related differences, (Getzmann, S., Gajewski,

P. D., & Falkenstein, M. 2013), More specifically, the reorientation of attention following its

automatic capture by the task-irrelevant sound and the reactivation of the relevant task-set when

the task-relevant target appears may be underpinned by working memory processes (e.g., Munka

& Berti, 2006; Hlig & Berti, 2010).

Explains at least one sign that may signal atypical development during this period of

development.

When prefrontal cortex and related systems are disrupted because of injury, stress, or

disease, executive and socio-moral difficulties can surface and be challenging to remediate,
although researchers continue to examine treatment options, (Catanzaro, B. C. and Eslinger, P. J.

2016), Research has demonstrated that frontal lobe abnormality and poor executive control

likely play a significant role in the atypical development of social, emotional, and

communication functions in ASD (Cheng et al., 2010; Just, Keller, Malave, Kana, & Varma,

2012). Fetal alcohol syndrome has been recognized as causing not only facial dysmorphia and

growth deficiency but also brain alterations that underlie executive function and social

impairments (Kully-Martens, Denys, Treit, Tamana, & Rasmussen, 2012; Ware et al., 2012).

Describes at least one strategy that families can use to influence their childrens learning and

development during this period of development.

The processes of joint attention, parental emotional responsiveness, scaffolding, and

encouraging modeling behaviors may facilitate the development of self-regulation, a sense of

agency, and flexible behaviors. Later, turn-taking, sharing, introducing problem solving

strategies, and earning rewards introduces other potential building blocks to executive function

(see, e.g., Bernier, Carlson & Whipple, 2010).