Best Infant Child Care You Can Give to Your Precious Baby

During the infant child care stage, remember: your principal job is to let your baby explore the world!

I'm defining the infant as your baby from about a month old through to walking - somewhere around one year old or so. There is so very much happening during your baby development stages that it makes your head spin!

Allow your little one to explore without being stopped. Good infant child care means you encourage your child’s exploration and experimentation.

Give your baby time to discover him or herself and what he or she can do! After all, during your baby development stages your infant learns that he or she can actually control his or her body - the legs, the arms, the lips, etc. Now your child also learns that he or she can produce behavior changes in the people around.

Do all you can to make those discoveries positive for your sweetie!

During this stage of infant child care you are the one whose responsibility is to make the environment safe for your baby. If it is safe, there is no reason for you to shout "No!" while your infant is exploring. You want to encourage curiosity and wonder, not discourage it. And while this infant is immobile, or only crawling, you have a great deal of control regarding his or her surroundings.

From all baby development stages, this particular stage is when you will need to encourage your child not to repeat specific actions.
For example, when pulling your hair, simply gently take the hand away from your hair and give your infant something else to play with, preferably something which allows him or her to see what happens when he or she pulls something similar to hair.

Remember that...

During the Infant Child Care Stage...

...you are also in control of the environment. Make it stimulating for this new mind! The more your infant discovers things for him or herself, the more pleased he or she will be with him or herself.

Your baby is always watching you to see what you are doing and how you react. For your baby's sake, be just as curious as is he or she. Be just as patient with your little one as you would want another to be with you while you are trying to figure out a problem. When you are, your baby is receiving the signal from you that it is OK to be curious and that he or she is a good person.

As you see your child making a discovery, rejoice with him or her - a cause for a celebration! This shows your child the joy of life and how he or she brings joy to your life, as well. Most importantly...

Good Infant Child Care Means...

...that when you are with your baby, either playing with him or her, or feeding him or her, or any other mutual activity, pay your full attention to your child. Don't be talking on the telephone, or cooking, or folding clothes, etc., if at all possible.

Your child is important enough for you to give him or her your undivided attention. Make certain you show your child this importance. If in doubt, show as much attention as you would show your boss in the same kind of activity. This child is far more important than any boss!

Infancy is when your child gets most easily tired and cranky or fussy or otherwise unpleasant from all other baby development stages...
Keep in mind how you want others to treat you when you are feeling that way. Refrain from fussing at your child for being fussy! Depending on his or her preference, cuddle your baby or put him or her in the crib to rid him or herself of the over stimulation or exhaustion or whatever.

During infant child care you discover that it isn't so easy to know just what it is that will help your child the most, but just take each moment at a time and relax to avoid frustration. Easier said than done, sometimes!

The bottom line is this:

Treat your child as the most important person in the world to you, which he or she is (along with other family members). Think of how you feel when someone treats you in that manner. Hopefully, your response is one of pleasure and happiness instead of embarrassment and feeling undeserving. Your child will respond to important person treatment with pleasure and happiness too, so he or she will continue to act in ways that will bring him or her such treatment.

Keep in mind, we are talking of important person treatment - not better than everyone else treatment. There is clearly a difference. Your precious infant is in the process of learning that during this important phase of infant child care.

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