observation of infant

For the infant observation, I chose a 10 months old baby girl named Karina. Karina is a full term baby with a birth weight of 7lb and 6oz, and a height of 19 inches. Her heart rate, pulse, appearance, and activities are normal at the time of birth. Karina is living with her father, mother and one elder brother. Her grandparents are here visiting from India. I asked Karina’s parents’ permission to observe her and they happily agreed for the observation. The mom told me that, she would call me on Saturday either morning or afternoon depending upon Karina’s sleep schedule. She called me around 11.30, and mentioned that Karina just woke up from her sleep. The mom told me she is going to feed Karina next, and after that Karina will play with her brother. So I started driving to Karina’s house, which is in Spring Valley just 10mins away from where I live. When I reached Karina’s house it was 11.45am on Saturday morning. It was a beautiful morning. Karina was in a high chair in the kitchen. The grandma was feeding to Karina. I went quietly and stood few steps away from the grandma. Karina looked at me. Then the grandma started talking to Karina. She then turned back to the grandma. She boiled rice, dhal, carrot, beans, potato, tomato with salt and grinded, and added little ghee with the mashed rice. Karina seems to like that food and when grandma says “uh” bringing the spoon near Karina’s mouth, she opened her mouth and swallowed the food. Karina’s fingers were banging on the high chair table, while legs kept constantly kicking. I noticed Karina is expecting grandma to talk and interact with her each spoon. After I went, for the first spoon, the grandma told “Chellakutty” open your mouth, Karina’s hands hit the high chair table, and leg kicked in the air. While bringing the second spoon, the grandma said “En kannulaa”, and then jumped with joy “nga, ngaa”. Karina’s grandma brought the third spoon to Karina while talking to her mom, Karina looked