Download full textERIC Number: ED468147
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 32
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Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Five-Month-Old.
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.; Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Distributed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, this pamphlet provides parents with information and advice about their infants in the fifth month of life. Following a brief description of developmental characteristics at this age, the pamphlet offers information on topics including infant medicines, avoiding baby bottle tooth decay, teething, playpens, sleep, brain development, and stimulating the baby with toys. The pamphlet also offers advice to parents on avoiding back strain while lifting a 5-month-old. A list of information resources for families concludes the pamphlet. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Safety, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development, Infant Care, Infants, Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Physical Development, Play
ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P. O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free); Tel: 800-872-5327 (Toll Free); Fax: 301-470-1244; email: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. For full text: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlychildhood/healthystart/.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Parents
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.; Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
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