The Mind of the Child, Part II | Page 4

W. Preyer
and hunger (155). Eighth week, fatigue after hearing piano-playing (160). Sleep of three, sometimes of five or six hours (162).
WILL.
Impulsive Movements.--Of eyes before waking, also twistings and raisings of trunk (206). Seventh week, number of respirations twenty-eight to the minute (217).
Reflex Movements.--Of right arm at touch of left temple (220). Forty-third day, sneezing caused by witch-meal (215). Fifth week, vomiting (219). Eighth week, laughing caused by tickling (225).
Instinctive Movements.--Seventh week, clasping not yet with thumb. Eighth week, the four fingers of the child embrace the father's finger (245).
INTELLECT.
Speech.--Forty-third day, first consonant; child says am-ma; also vowel-sound ao. Forty-fourth day, syllables ta-hu; forty-sixth day, g?, ?r?; fifty-first day, ara; eighth and ninth weeks, ?rr?, arra, frequent (102).
THIRD MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Movements of the Eyelids.--Eyelid not completely raised when child looked up (23). Irregular movements of eyes appear (though rare) up to tenth week; at three months are no more observed (37).
Direction of Look.--Sixty-first day, child looked at his mother and gave a cry of joy; the father's face made the child gay. Sixty-second day, look directed at a swinging lamp (46).
Seeing Near and Distant Objects.--Ninth week, accommodation apparent (54).
HEARING.--Ninth week, sound of watch arouses attention; other noises (84). Eleventh week, head moved in direction of sound (85). Eighty-first day ditto. (47). Twelfth week, sudden turning of head toward sounding body (85).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Pleasure.--Smile at sight of the mother's face (145).
Unpleasant Feeling.--From some internal cause (151).
Fatigue.--Sucking tiresome (159). Sleep of four or five hours without waking (162).
Hunger.--Tenth week, child hungry three times or more in a night (155).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Respirations, thirteenth week, twenty-seven to the minute (217). Hiccough frequent; stopped by use of sweetened water (219).
Instinctive Movements.--Eleventh week, pencil held, but mechanically; thumb not used in clasping (245). Twelfth week, eighty-fourth day, contra-position of thumb reflexive (245, 246). Thirteenth week, thumb follows fingers more readily (246). Eleventh week, head balanced occasionally. Twelfth week, some gain in holding head. Thirteenth week, head tolerably well balanced (264). Seizing merely apparent (246). No voluntary movement (266).
INTELLECT.
Eighty-first day, seeking direction of sound (I, 47).
Speech.--Consonant m frequent (67). Sixty-fourth day, ma (102). Sixty-fifth day, nei nei nei and once a-omb. Sixty-sixth day, la, grei, aho, ma. Sixty-ninth day, m?mm and ng?. Seventy-first day, ra-a-ao. Seventy-sixth day, n? and n[=a]i-n. Seventy-eighth day, habu. Twelfth week, a-i and u[=a]o, ?-o-a, ?-a-a and o-?-? (103).
Feeling of Self.--Eleventh week, child does not see himself in mirror (197).
FOURTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Movements of Eyelids.--Ninety-eighth day, brow wrinkled when look is upward (24). Fifty-seventh day, winking (26). Fifteenth and sixteenth weeks, ditto (27). Seventeenth week, objects seized are moved toward eyes; grasping at objects too distant (55).
Movements of Eyes.--No more non-co?rdinated (37).
Direction of Look.--Fourteenth week, following person moving. One hundred and first day, following pendulum. Sixteenth week, gazing at sides and ceiling of carriage and at objects (48).
HEARING.--Sixteenth week, head turned toward sound with certainty of reflex (85).
FEELING.--Seventeenth week, eyes are closed when a drop of water touches lashes (103). Fourteenth week, sleeping child throws up arms at sudden touch (106).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Pleasure in grasping at objects (142). Fifteenth week, intervals between meals three or four hours (155). Sleep lasts five or six hours (162). Twenty-second week, astonishment at seeing father after separation (173). Fourteenth week, smile of satiety. Seventeenth week, joy in seeing image in mirror (297).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Fourteenth week, right hand to right eye (220).
Instinctive Movements.--Fourteenth week, hands hold objects longer and with contra-position of thumb. Fifteenth and sixteenth weeks, no intentional seizing. One hundred and fourteenth day, ditto (246). Seventeenth week, efforts to take hold of ball; ball moved to mouth and eyes. One hundred and eighteenth day, frequent attempts at seizing; following day, grasping gives pleasure (247). Fourteenth week, head seldom falls forward. Sixteenth week, head held up permanently (264), this the first distinct manifestation of will (265). Fourteenth week, child sits, his back supported (267). Seventeenth week, biting (261).
Imitative Movements.--Fifteenth week, beginnings of imitation; trying to purse the lips (283). Seventeenth week, protruding tip of tongue (284).
Expressive Movements.--Sixteenth week, turnings of head and nodding, not significant; head turned away in refusal (314).
Deliberate Movements.--Fourteenth week, attentive looking at person moving; one hundred and first day, at pendulum swinging (48). Fifteenth week, imitation, pursing lips (283). Sixteenth and seventeenth weeks, voluntary gazing at image in mirror (343).
INTELLECT.
Intellect participates in voluntary movements (I, 338).
Speech.--Fourteenth week, nt?, ha, l?, na. Fifteenth week, nan-nana, n[=a]-n[=a], nanna, in refusal (103). Sixteenth week, in screaming, ?-[)u] ?-[)u] ?, [=a]-[)u] [=a]-[)u], [)u]-? [)u]-?, [=u]-[=u]-[=a]-?, amme-a; in discomfort, [=u][)a]-[=u][)a]-[=u][)a]-[=u][)a] (104).
Feeling of Self.--Seventeenth week, child gazes at his own hand (193). One hundred and thirteenth day, for the first time regards his image with attention (197). One hundred and sixteenth day, laughs at his image (198).
FIFTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Direction of Look.--Looking inquiringly (48).
Seeing Near and Distant Objects.--Reaching too short (55).
HEARING.--Nineteenth week, pleasure in sound of crumpling of paper by himself. Twenty-first week, beating of gong enchains
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