Question

Note:Subject:Note: my subject is early childhood education. I need the answer of this question.Suppose you have been working for the past five years in the infant room of your early childhood program. You realize that numerous parents can't understand what their infants are learning. You know that during this time, infants' progress toward developmental milestones in areas of Erikson's theory of Trust and Attachment. Your assignment is to write a letter to the parents of the infants in your class, to heighten their understanding of their infants' behavior and how they can encourage their infants to grow in this area. In your 1-2 page letter: Explain to the parents what infants are learning through daily routines, interactions, and the environment. Describe how you and your co-workers help support the growth of trust and attachment of an infant in the group care setting. Discuss Erik Erikson's trust vs. mistrust theory as it relates to interactions.

Answer 1

Dear parents,

How are you? Well I know the answers might be having tough time yet there is joy, not used to activities such as changing diapers, or wondering how to keep my baby happy everytime? Why is my baby crying suddenly? Well you have done right thing by choosing the program. In this letter I would discuss about the what infants really feels.. Now there would be a question in your mind, really do infants? Can they think ?such a tiny object. Do they have reason behind their crying? Yes Yes answers to all your questions is yes.

Your baby is too small, all he/she needs is you or whoever is the caretaker e.g. grandparents or some babysitter if the parents are working. What infant wants in this phase is the security, the infant feels secure when the caregiver or mother is around. Infant is very happy and relaxed in their mothers arms and in this they do not want anybody to touch them or start crying when parents go away for even a minute! I know you must be thinking yes this is the same that I experience. The reason behind crying is that your baby trusts you more than anyone else. If in case you want to put your child in day care or by any baby sitter then need to replace the feeling of mistrust in the child. You have to form a special bond and between the other person and the child. You need to talk to them and teach them as well that yes the another care giver is also equally good, he/she is also loving. You need to be intially with the respective care giver and would talk with the care giver in equally loving way so that your baby understands and watches you would feel that yes, this person is also good. Then you can leave your child initially for first 5-10 mins and then you can increase the span. This can lessen your burden.

If you leave your child with us then our co-workers would take good care of your baby. We are a bunch of friendly team, who are with infants and we make them listen to soft music, we talk to them when they are more than 8 months we sit and play the games with them and do not leave them alone. We also have new set of games or new ideas which improves their fine motor skills and well as their thinking capacity. By listening to songs they also learn to calm down or are happy.

If you have any more questions regarding infants please feel free to reach us and also share your experiences.

Warm Regards,