Demonstration should include
- recognizing characteristics and common responses of newborns
- bonding through touch, diapering, dressing, bathing, and feeding
- expressing care and love through massage and everyday interactions with newborn
- responding to a crying infant
- demonstrating strategies to deal with colic
- preventing brain injuries (e.g., shaken baby syndrome)
- practicing safety precautions
- identifying health care providers, support services, medical tests, and procedures
- identifying the risks and prevention strategies for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- maintaining the wellness of newborns, including neonatal checkups and immunizations.
Process/Skill Questions
Thinking
- How do you expect your infant to behave when he or she is first born?
- How will the baby’s appearance and actions affect how you feel about your child?
- Why should parents be aware of the characteristics of newborns?
- Why is shaking a baby a very dangerous response to a crying baby?
- How does the newborn’s schedule alter the parent’s schedule?
Communication
- Why is bonding important to the parent-child relationship?
- What are the long-term effects of bonding on the baby? The mother and father? The family?
- What things can an adolescent mother do to encourage more participation by the father?
Leadership
- How can the adolescent parent be supported while some of the initial post-delivery procedures are being done?
- What community resources are available to parents dealing with a SIDS death?
- What resources are reliable regarding your child’s immunization schedule?
- What are the consequences of children receiving/not receiving immunizations?
Management
- What strategies can you practice to safely diaper, dress, bathe, and feed your baby?
- If the baby cries a lot or has colic, how can it affect the relationship between the parents?