Short Essay 2
Case Study: Baby Kelly and Family
Baby Kelly was born at thirty-four weeks of gestational ageweighing a little over four pounds. His Mom and Dad are in theirlate thirties. He has a proud 7-year-old brother, Chris, who is insecond grade and a 3-year-old sister, Alex, who attends a full daypreschool. During his four week hospital stay, the family wouldvisit every evening, with Mom typically at the hospital during theday.
Mom would become frustrated while visiting Kelly in the hospitalbecause he was difficult to soothe. An experienced mother, she wasunable to do what she anticipated with Kelly; the rocking,cuddling, and attempts at soothing did not work. When Dad arrivedin the evening, he would take over for Mom, soothing Kelly bysinging softly to him in his low singing voice and gently rubbinghis arms and legs.
Answer the following questions in essay form. essayshould be between 1 - 2 pages in length and adhere to APAguidelines.
What are Kelly’s primary developmental needs at thisage?
What signs of individuality might you expect to see invery small babies? Do you detect anything that might signal theroots of individuality for Kelly? Think in terms of temperament,resilience, and sociability.
What could be some differences between a full-termbaby’s ability to form an attachment and a premature infant’sability to form an attachment?
