The Mind of the Child, Part II | Page 6

of refusal; thrusting
nipple out of mouth (313, 314). Astonishment shown by open mouth
and eyes (55).

INTELLECT.
Child did not recognize nurse after absence of four weeks (7); but
children distinguish faces before thirtieth week (6).
Speech.--When hungry, child screams mä, ä, [)u]ä, [)u]ä[)e]; when
contented, says örrö; lä, [)u]-[=a]-[)u]-i-i; t seldom, k only in yawning,
p very rarely (106).
EIGHTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Movements of Eyelids.--Brow not wrinkled invariably in
looking upward (24). Play of lid on hearing new noises; no lifting of
eyebrows (30, 31). Thirty-fourth week, eyes opened wide with longing
(31).
Direction of Look.--Thirty-first week, gaze turned in direction of falling
object. Thirty-third week, objects moved slowly downward are
followed with close gaze. Thirty-fourth week, objects let fall by him are
seldom looked after (49).
Interpretation of what is seen.--Interest in bottles (62).
HEARING.--Quick closing of lids at new impressions of sound (86).
TASTE.--Pleasure in the "prepared food" (125).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Discomfort
accompanied by square form of the mouth (149). Craving for food
shown by cooing sound (155). Strongest feeling connected with
appeasing of hunger (157). Restless nights (162). Astonishment at new
sounds and sights; with fright (86). Thirty-first week, at clapping of fan.
Thirty-fourth week, at imitation of voices of animals (173).
WILL.
Impulsive Movements.--Accompanying movement of hand (210).

Thirty-fourth week, stretchings of arms and legs accompanying
utterance (II, 108).
Instinctive Movements.--Thirty-second week, seizing with both hands
more perfect; attention more active (248). In same week, legs stretched
up vertically, feet observed attentively, toes carried to mouth with the
hands (249). Pulling objects to him; grasping at bottle (250).
Thirty-fourth week, carrying things to mouth (251).
Expressive Movements.--Laugh begins to be persistently loud (299).
Thirty-second week, child no longer sucks at lips when he is kissed, but
licks them (305). Eyelid half closed in disinclination (315). Interest in
objects shown by stretching out hands (321).
INTELLECT.
Speech.--Variety of sounds made in the first eight months at random
(76). Concept of bottle before language (79). Sounds in screaming
different (106). Once the sound h[=a]-upp; frequently a-[(ei], a-[(au],
[)a]-h[(au]-[)a], hörrö. Also nt[)e]-ö, mi-ja mija; once o[)u][=a][)e]i
(107).
FEELING OF SELF.--Thirty-second week, child looks at his legs and
feet as if they were foreign to him (194).
NINTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Movements of Eyes.--Eyes converged easily (38).
Direction of Look.--Thirty-sixth week, objects that fall are not regularly
looked after, but slowly moving objects, e. g., tobacco-smoke, are
followed (49).
Interpretation of what is seen.--Boxes are gazed at (62). More interest
shown in things in general (63).
HEARING.--Winking and starting at slamming noise (86).

TASTE.--Yolk of egg with cane-sugar taken with expression of
surprise. Water and bread liked (126).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Striking hands
together and laughing for joy (145). Eyes shut when something
disagreeable is to be endured; head turned away also (148). Cooing, as
in eighth month (155). Fear of dog (167, 168).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Number of respirations (in fever) forty and
forty-two in a minute (217).
Instinctive Movements.--Teeth-grinding (262). Turning over when laid
face downward (266). Thirty-fifth week, child places himself on arm
and hand of nurse, and looks over her shoulder (275). Thirty-ninth
week, likes to sit with support (267). Thirty-ninth week, stands on feet
a moment without support (269).
Expressive Movements.--Loud laughing at new, pleasing objects (299).
Turns head to light when asked where it is (321).
Deliberate Movements.--Things brought to mouth are put quickly on
tongue (329).
INTELLECT.
Question understood before child can speak (I, 321).
Speech.--Voice more modulated: screaming varies with different causes
(107). Delight shown by crowing sounds: mä-mä, ämmä, mä, are
expressions of pleasure; [=a]-au-[=a]-[=a], [=a]-[)o], a-u-au, na-na;
apa, ga-au-[)a], acha (108).
FEELING OF SELF.--Feet are felt of, and toes are carried to mouth
(190). Thirty-fifth week, foot grasped and carried to mouth.
Thirty-sixth week, other objects preferred to hands and feet.
Thirty-ninth week, in the bath his own skin is looked at and felt of, also

his legs (194). Thirty-fifth week, his image in mirror is grasped at gayly
(198).
TENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Movements of Eyelids.--Brow invariably wrinkled at looking
upward (24).
Movements of Eyes.--Convergence of lines of vision disturbed (38).
Direction of Look.--Forty-third week, objects thrown down are looked
at (49).
Interpretation of what is seen.--Visual impressions connected with food
best interpreted (63).
HEARING.--Head turned at noise (87).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Joy at lighting of lamp
(145).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Inhibition of reflex (229).
Instinctive Movements.--Forty-third week, carrying objects to mouth
(252). Taking a hair from one hand into the other (253). Finger bitten
(261). Bread crunched and swallowed (262). Turning over when laid on
face (266). Fortieth and forty-first weeks, trying to sit without support
(267). Forty-second week, sitting up without support in bath and
carriage (267, 268). Forty-first week, first attempts at walking (275).
Forty-second week, moving feet forward and sidewise; inclination to
walk. Forty-third week, foot lifted high; moving forward