The First Two Years After Birth

The first two years after birth, through the developing person has to do with three domains, physical, cognitive and emotional. In the physical development stage the first year of life, the average baby grows 10 inches and gains 15 pounds. By 4 months birth weight has doubled, and by one year it has tripled. During the second year physical growth slows considerably. Rapid increases in height and weight will not occur again until early adolescence. An infant’s …

…more words learned per day. 21 months- Firs two-word sentence. 24 moths- Multiword sentences. Half the infant’s utterances are two or more words long. Child Abuse More than a million cases of child abuse are reported each year, and more than 1,000 children die annually as a result of abuse. Children who witness domestic violence learn aggressive behavior and are more likely to behave aggressively in the future whenever they believe that violence will serve their purposes.