Infant 340 Week 12

To be honest, the resource plan was one of my favorite assignments this semester. I felt that both that plan and the future development plan were assignments that proved our ability to apply needs and address them as we find solutions and helps. After talking to Shayna about what she wanted me to focus on, throughout the semester she kind of wanted me to focus on the goals we had made for the intervention visits, like fine motor, problem solving, and communication. In the beginning of the semester it was important for Shayna for Ivy to progress her language, but after doing the assessment and the questionnaire we learned that Ivy was great on communication, so for the resource plan that was a good time to focus on things Shayna was worried about rather than things Ivy really struggled with. There is quite a variety of resources for each domain.  

One of my favorite resources that I found was a free online PDF file that had 20 pages of colorful songs and finger plays throughout the pages, I needed up wanting to print one for me just to have as a resource. Songs and action games are helpful with communication, fine motor, gross motor, literacy, and social. Something that Ivy is just starting to love is the song “Where is Thumbkin”. I included the PDF for Shayna to get familiar with many different songs like this, that more than anything has improved Ivy’s ability to imitate her parents! Which imitation was something we were working on all semester long. 

( https://www.mdpls.org/_doc/Reading%20Ready-Rhymes%20and%20Fingerplays%20for%20Babies%20Toddlers%20and%20Preschoolers.pdf)

One day after our intervention visit Shayna asked me to look for resources about weaning. I thought this one would be an easy resource to find because it is something that all mothers struggle with I feel! Yet this was the hardest resource to find a credible source from, there were not too many resources about weaning that were credible because most of them were blogs from random women that just talked about their experience and what worked for them. In this case I feel that a lot of resources are trial and error, you cant all rely on one resource and assume that because it worked for everyone else that it must work for you too. The main point that I got from the resource that I chose had the following key points:

 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720508/)

 •         “The transition to weaning may be easier if you first introduce your baby to a cup instead of a bottle. Breastfed babies easily learn to drink from a cup as early as six months of age (try expressed breast milk).

•          Start off by substituting one feed, the least ‘favorite’ one of the day. Someone else may need to offer this feed for your baby to accept it.

•          When you’re ready to wean even more, substitute the next least favored feed at the opposite time of the day. Continue this way, substituting one feed at a time. The pace of weaning is up to you and your baby, but in general, the slower the better. Wait at least a few days in between each new feed before substituting another one.

•          You may want to try a ‘partial’ wean instead. This means you substitute one or more feedings with a cup or bottle and breastfeed at other times. This can work well if you are going back to work but still want to breastfeed. When you do this, make sure you check your baby’s weight gain regularly.”