Comments on: Crash Course in Child Development: Infants https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/ Tips, activities and encouragement for staying at home and joyfully surviving it. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: DIY Contrast Cards for Babies » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-260460 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:06:29 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-260460 […] Stationary visual stimulation like this is better for baby than screen-based stimulation of tablet for phone. It allows the eyes and brain to steadily focus on an image. It calms rather than causes erratic changes to the focus. I think over stimulating baby with screens and rapidly changing images causes attention deficit. We prefer steady focus objects and no handheld screens before preschool age. Read more about what is important for infant development here. […]

]]> By: Why I Don't Use Daycare » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-260134 Tue, 26 May 2026 13:39:31 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-260134 […] out these posts for more on each developmental stage:Infant DevelopmentToddler DevelopmentPreschool […]

]]> By: Simple Activities to Encourage Infant Development » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-251426 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:44:44 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-251426 […] what to do during those short playtime sessions in between feedings and naps. This blog post is a crash course in child development for infants. It is a great tool for […]

]]> By: Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms: Pregnancy and Caring for Baby » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-247525 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:30:13 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-247525 […] Crash Course in Child Development: Infants – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide […]

]]> By: Why Babies Refuse to Sleep » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-245559 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:00:38 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-245559 […] people don’t talk about, it’s regression in sleep. Babies go through leaps during their first year of development, which means that their sleep is going to be messed up. Every time you think you’ve got them […]

]]> By: Families are Falling Apart, So Why Don’t We Fix It? » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-209233 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:06:11 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-209233 […] on up, this is not as harmful. When infants, though, are placed in childcare they can risk not developing a solid attachment to their mother and father. Who they see – face-to-face – for most hours of their day are their […]

]]> By: Maintaining a State of Gratitude in Motherhood » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-206880 Tue, 10 May 2022 19:56:31 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-206880 […] have mother-ed through the baby stage, toddlers years, preschool years, school age and now middle school stage. My children have allowed […]

]]> By: Jaimi https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-55186 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:37:07 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-55186 In reply to Nat.

I agree. Those peaceful moments are sweet, and before we know it our baby grows! It goes so quickly. Enjoy all of it!

]]> By: Nat https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-54029 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 04:47:09 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-54029 Enjoyed this post. I have a two months old and a toddler. I understand so much what you mean about the peacefulness of the infant stage! The wobbly head and the smiles are so precious, Especially I love the moments they little baby is dozed off to sleep in the arms, or in a baby carrier on me. Most still and peaceful state I ever experienced.

]]> By: Peace of Mind with a New Baby - The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/crash-course-in-child-development-infants/#comment-21883 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 08:11:06 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/2011/12/crash-course-in-child-developmen-3/#comment-21883 […] learned a lot about babies and young children before having my own. I summed up major points about infant development as a crash course for parents. It will help you understand what to expect-and what to watch out for-with a new baby and growing […]

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