Infancy & Toddlerhood

Let’s assume a couple with whom you are close friends have just given birth to their first child. They know you are taking an online class in lifespan development and have asked your advice about providing the best possible circumstances under which to nourish their infant’s physical, cognitive, and social/emotional development. Identify three (3) specific suggestions you would give to this couple to optimize their infant’s development (with one suggestion from each of the three areas of development underlined above). In your response, be sure to clearly identify which is your first, second, and third suggestion. For each suggestion, explain why or how it will promote optimal development. Be sure to cite information from the assigned readings to support each of your suggestions. Ideas for suggestions and supporting evidence for enhancing physical development should come from the information presented in Chapter 4, cognitive development from Chapter 5, and sociaVemotional development from Chapter 6 of the Berk text.