Infant and Toddler Development
10/18/2012
Fall Semester
6:00pm – 9:05pm
Infant Toddler Observations
Karen Eaton
Dawnetta Tipton
OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT
Name: Dawnetta Tipton
Date: 10/2/2012
Time: 5:00pm
Age of child: 9 months old This observation took place in the child’s grandmother home. Her name is Laila and she is a 9 months old and she is a bright little girl with pretty black hair and she had 3 ponytails with hair bows and barrettes. I was invited over by the child’s grandmother; we have been friends since high school. We were sitting in the Living room of the house, the grandmother and I were sitting on the sofa which was black and gray and Laila was playing on the floor where her grandmother had placed a big blanket which had the cartoon character of the Angry Birds. There were baby toys placed on floor such as a stuffed animal, red and yellow rattle, orange teething room. The blinds were open and the sun shining in bright on the clean white walls. There was a black computer desk and chair sitting in the corner of the living room with a screensaver showing a picture of my friend and her family. My impression of Laila was that she was a bright 9 month old child who was very alert and aware of her surroundings. She interacted with me and her grandmother, she kept a smile on her face and made noises and she gave us kisses. She is learning to walk so she went from one end of the sofa to the other end while holding on to the cushions on the sofa. She is very friendly and did not cry while I was there visiting with her grandmother. This child will not be ignored, if she sees that you are not paying her any attention she will crawl over to you and pull up on your pant leg so that she can get the attention desired.
Dawnetta Tipton
Child’s Actions:
3:02pm Laila started to cry while sitting on the floor, her grandmother picker her up from the floor and asked her “what’s wrong granny baby?”, are you hungry and the cry