Our daughter’s name is Hazel Rivas-Bailey, she is now a year old and is as spunky as ever. Hazel loves to walk, read books, sleep, play and don't forget eating. Hazel is such a big part of our lives now, we are not only responsible for ourselves but for a little human. This project has taught us about the development of a baby until 12 months old. These stages are so precious in a baby's life and is a critical time for them. This project was so enjoyable, we carried her around everywhere just like you would a real baby, but we also caught a glimpse of reality once we talked to our parents and understood that babies are a lot of work and they completely depend on us to take care of them. Even though babies are a lot, seeing Hazel experience …show more content…
Hazel is going to face some obstacles trying to understand not one but two languages. When I (Liz) was younger, I had problems like mixing up the two languages, the dictation of sentences, and certain pronunciations of words. We are concerned Hazel will face these same problems and that it may cause her to have a delay and put her behind other kids her age. For Hazel to have a close attachment to both of us, we have one on one time, meaning, Liz rocks her to sleep and reads her a book while rubbing her back, which calms her down and I feed her and give her a bath and everytime she wakes up in the morning I hold her tight and sing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray” and that is our little moment together. According to James Marcia's theory situations and experiences will affect a child's identity status. If we keep Hazel in a loving and stable environment for the first 7 years of her life we expect it to have a positive influence on the person she becomes later on in …show more content…
We work on Hazel’s time not the other way around. We know now to do all chores and any business work during her naps. Time management is everything when you are parents because in order to get everything done, you must be organized and follow a schedule. Now with a baby, we have to be more frugal with money because there is so much that goes into taking care of her and we now we know exactly what the saying “Money doesn't grow on trees” means. Money was not a huge concern before, but since we have Hazel we definitely have learned what's important and what is not. Instead of buying shoes or clothing we now buy diapers, toys and baby clothing. We got a huge wake up call on how expensive babies are and how much they need. Hazel had an ear infection at 9 months old and it scared us so much because the health and well being of her means everything to us, seeing her pull at her ears and cry all night in pain put us in pain and it made us realize how her well being can affect our day to day activities as well as how much we hate to see her going through any harmful situations. We put ourselves in her shoes and tried to give her the best care and attention we could so she could get better and not suffer anymore. During this time we didn't care how long we stayed up even when we were tired, because she needed us and she is all that matters to