Premature Infant Observation

Joseph is a seven month -old infant, he is always smiling every time that I saw him. Joseph currently lives with his father, mother and older sister. Joseph was born premature by four weeks with the best care in the world joseph is slightly death in his left ear. Joseph now weights the size of an average seven-month-old infant. But prior to birth the doctors determine that he would be below the average weight at birth. When Joseph entered the world at four pounds eight ounces he was a joy to have. However, the parents indicated when their infant Joseph arrived they were nervous due to been a mother and father to a premature infant. The parents informed me that they had to change his formula four different times. The formula that he intaking

I joined the mother and father in the living room. Where Joseph was sitting in his father lap, looking around the room at everyone. Joseph father began to interact with Joseph the father said” 123 ready for take- off “and raised joseph in the sky and brought Joseph back down to his lap. (he did this three times). Then he talked to Joseph, “I love you “Who’s the daddies baby”. Joseph father passed him to his mother and left for work. Joseph mother held him in her lap for about fifth teen minutes and then she placed Joseph in his walker with toys on the tray Joseph pushed all the toys on the floor and began to cry loudly. Joseph mother returned with a bottle with cereal and milk. Joseph mother feed him and rocked him to

I am grateful that they welcomed me into their home with opening arms and flexibility with the time. I learned more from observing Joseph and his family for three hours. Everyone loves him very much. He’s very alert and happy when his family member interacts with him. In addition to, my findings Joseph needs more floor/tummy time at least two hours a day where he could improve his gross motor skills daily. I only observed Joseph on the floor one time during my observations out of three. I did observe communication with Joseph during the three days that I observed. I would like parents and sister to sing more nursery rhymes or finger plays in the