Birth and Infancy: How Was Yours?

Try to answer the following questions. You will have to contact your parents for some answers.

Part One - Birth:

1)  What was your birth weight?

2)  Were you were full term, premature, or post term?

3)  Were you born in a hospital? If not, where?

4)  If you were born in a hospital, were you delivered in a birthing room?
5) Did your parents attend childbirth classes? If so, what do they remember about them?

6) Did you have a Lamaze or Leboyer birth?

7)  Were forceps used?

8)  Was your birth vaginal or cesarean?

9)  Were there any complications?

10)  Was your father present at your birth?
11)  What were your Apgar Scores? See page 70 of the text for further information.

12) What did you look like as a newborn?

13)  Do your parents have any stories of interest regarding your birth? The birth of your siblings?

14) What do your parents know about their own births?

15) What do you (or your parents) know about your grandparents’ births?

16) If you have children, what would you want their births to be like?
Part Two – What in the World?
Just for fun, go to Brainy History at http://www.brainyhistory.com/birthdays.html, and click on your birthday to see who shares it with you. Then click on Events (above the line and to the right) to see what important world events happened on your birthday.
Part Three – Infancy:
1. What was your temperament (“easy,” “difficult,” or “slow to warm up”)? See pages 81-83 of the text for additional information.

2. Were you a colicky baby? If so, for how long? See pp. 77-78 of the text for an explanation.

3. Do your parents remember any of the typical newborn reflexes? If so, which ones?

4. Was your mother a "stay at home" mom? If so, for how long?

5. Did you attend daycare? If so at what age did you begin going to daycare?

6. What we're your first words? At what age did you say them?

7. At what age did you sleep through the night?

8. At what age did you start to crawl, walk, run, ride a bicycle?

9. At what age were you potty trained?

10. Did your parents keep a baby book? If so, for how long?

11. What are your parents’ most vivid memories of your infancy?

12. Do your parents have any interesting stories regarding your infancy?

 

This information will be shared in groups, and we will compare our class’ data to that from the text.