BABY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT : FREE PRINTABLE BABY GIRL CARDS.
Baby Stages Of Development
A specified state of growth or advancement
A new and refined product or idea
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
growth: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
The process of developing or being developed
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"
A point, period, or step in a process or development
Each of two or more sections of a rocket or spacecraft that have their own engines and are jettisoned in turn when their propellant is exhausted
(stage) degree: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
A section of a journey or race
(stage) perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
(stage) phase: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
A very young child, esp. one newly or recently born
A young or newly born animal
The youngest member of a family or group
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
miss independant
watching the baby moorhens the other day was a whole rollercoaster of emotions!
the above shot is a close up of a baby chick who had found this little critter to eat (2/ whole shot below) – so she was clearly doing well and independently feeding!
i spotted one baby moorhen running towards the water with a bigger moorhen chasing it, i presumed it was a parent keeping tabs on it but when it caught up with the chick it started viciously attacking it and pecking it!
the chick then swam into the water when it met a coot – who also started viciously attacking it! i was devastated watching it! but at the same time fascinated as the chick then played dead – just floating in the water (3/ see below)
the coot then swam off and the chick raised its head and swam off again (4/ see below) – swimming to an island and looking around, as if looking for its parents (5/ see below), until another coot saw him and when for him driving him back into the water again! by this time he was looking very bedraggled!
i did witness one mother try and try to feed her chick (6/ see below) but it just kept refusing the food (7/ see below) then when she swam near her other chick with no food – it instinctively went for her beak and ended up biting her! (8/ see below)
i noticed that there was often chicks at different stages of development, so one mother would have a chick that was more independent and another that was more needy (9/ see below)
after this i was nervy to watch them, and a couple of times i witnessed the more needy chicks (10/ see below) being either hit in the head (11/ see below) or even bitten by the parents – as if they were frustrated? (12/ see below)
i once watched a documentary about coots (i think) that said that the parents persecute and kill their own offspring if they are weak!
nature is fascinating!!!
hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Standing only
At this stage in Isabels development, she can only stand with the help of something or someone to lean on. This is soon before she started walking, at 7 months 3 weeks.