Child
We call the term child a human being from birth to pre-adolescence, and in some western countries anyone under the age of 18 is considered a child. After birth, the child has many changes in his life; he is always ready to change his abilities and skill to form an independent personality, in addition to changes that occur to him such as increasing height, weight, and ability to speak and absorb the things surrounding him.
Stages of child development after birth
- Early Childhood: The postpartum stage immediately until the age of the month, and the child is at this stage permanent sleep, and wake up only when feeling hungry or pain.
- Between the month and the two months: At this stage the child starts moving his body and head in a simple way, and also begins to stare and focus his eyes on the things that surround him, and if he felt hungry or pain expressed in crying and screaming.
- Three months: At this stage the child starts smiling and kicking, trying to touch everything he sees, and also begins to make sounds from his mouth. Hence, the stage of voluntary ability begins to increase. Therefore, parents must give the child a great deal of tenderness to feel the safety he needs.
- The stage of the four months: At this stage begins to move his body and control it completely, and turns the child involuntarily on the stomach or back, and at this stage prefer to give the child feed every three hours to increase the need for the child’s body for food because the movement increased and become larger.
- Between the five months and seven months: The child reaches the sitting stage without help, and can reach the objects he wants to crawl, or rush forward, and start playing with his games, and speak some simple words such as: Mama and Papa, and focuses on the colors that surround The role of the mother at this stage begins to feed the child some foods: orange juice, vegetable soup, and some types of fruit.
- Between the eight months and the first year: At this stage the child mimics the work and activities of others, develops a dictionary of words, adds new words, and starts walking for some simple steps.
- Between the first year and the third year: At this stage the child speaks fluently, asks what he wants, becomes able to go to the bathroom, and uses his hands to eat.
- Between the third year and the sixth year: This stage is one of the most important stages of the formation of the personality of the child, and at this stage is a big role on the shoulders of parents; they must enhance the confidence of the child himself, by making him speak at any time without silence; Parents also have to ask him questions such as asking him what foods he wants, or making him choose his own clothes.