Assignment 1

1. How does your baby’s eating, sleeping and motor development compare to the typical developmental patterns?

Well Sky is still having a lot of diarrhea and we are working on trying to supplement in different types of food in order for her to be able to digest better and not get sick all the time from the food that she is eating currently.  Sky also has gotten a cold a few times so are focus is also to keep her away from sick people or do the best we can.  Sky is a fairly good sleeper for the most part the only problem were having right now is when we lay her down to go to sleep sometimes she cries for a while but other than that its not too bad.  Well Sky has good motor development for her age right now, she is crawling, sitting up, and standing but she hasn't yet figured out how to walk. Sky is pretty much right on track as far the "typical development pattern" is concerned

2. At 8 months of age was your child an “easy”, “slow-to-warm-up”, or “difficult” baby in terms of Thomas and Chess’s classic temperamental categories? On what do you base this judgement?

Sky is slow to warm up right now but i know we can change that.  She does pretty well for the most part but Sky is cautious around new people and situations, but warms up fairly quickly to friendly people and to new interesting activities and then begins to vocalize a lot and makes eye contact.  I think that the more social activities that we can put Sky in, will benefit her in the future.

3. How is your child’s attachment to you and your partner developing? What is happening at the 3-month and 8-month periods that might affect attachment security according to Bowlby and Ainsworth, and various research studies?

She is still pretty attached to mom but after a little while longer it will be okay, i guess that is to be expected though.   Right now I am working on spending a little more time with her so she isn't always dependent on her mother. I do not want to spend so much time with her though that she feels abandoned by her mother.  We are also still trying to get her to be comfortable when she is in a new setting but sometimes its a little rough.  When Sky is upset she generally likes to be comforted by her mother but when mom isn't around i do my best and sometimes she rejects my attempt. I think that Sky will be fine with her attachment and security issues.  We are not shunning her away from the outside world because we want her to be very social and fun.  Security of her parents is important and we will continue to make her feel safe and loved.