During this stage, infants begin to learn skills of autonomy, empathy, and emotional attunement to others. Also, they start to develop body coordination and motor skills. Infants study talk, play, walk, and to feed themselves as well. They gradually know how to overcome fears of new situations and people, to know them as separate, and they also learn how to develop empathy for others.
The tasks for parents or other caretakers are to meet babies’ needs consistently so that babies can develop trust in others and a sense of security.
Parenting Tips:
Becoming a parenting is one of significant transitions in life, and raising a baby is both exciting and challenging.
1. After having babies, new parents must face some changes include sleep deprivation, shredded schedules, endless chores, and anxieties for baby’s development and one’s own competence. In other words, new parents have not only in physical but also in mental changes. New parents need to stable their own emotions so that they have abilities to take care of their babies’ needs and support their babies to develop …show more content…
In addition, the babies’ coming can be stress on couple’s relationship, but a positive couple relationship is beneficial for raising their babies. If parents often argue with each other, their kid feel anxious and fearful, but they will also protect the relationship between parents in different ways as well. By doing these, it is not good for babies to gain a sense of secure.
3. It is imperative that parents learn to understand, respect, support and encourage the unique characteristics and abilities of each child. Parents need to be patience to learn their babies’ language and don’t expect them too much.
4. The most importantly, parents or other caretakers should look after their babies by themselves at home. Parents should be the major caretakers for babies, because they should provide a secure space and help babies to build secure attachment in this