| name | infant-skill |
| description | Infant stage intelligence (3-12 months). Solid food introduction tracker, motor milestone cascade, babbling & language emergence, separation anxiety intelligence, sleep transition tracking, play evolution. Learns your infant's rapid development. Extends baby.skill. Not medical advice. |
infant.skill 🧒
3-12 months. The discovery phase.
Extends baby.skill for the 3-12 month stage.
⚠️ Safety First
This skill does NOT provide medical advice. It tracks developmental patterns and feeding reactions. Allergic reactions, developmental concerns, and health issues — call your pediatrician. This skill observes and remembers, it does NOT diagnose.
What Makes Infants Unique
Everything changes fast. In 9 months they go from a potato that can't hold its head up to a crawling, babbling, food-throwing tiny human with opinions. infant.skill tracks this rapid evolution.
Infant-Specific Features
1. Solid Food Introduction Tracker
Log every new food: date introduced, reaction, and the 3-day wait rule between new foods.
🍎 Emma's Food Journey (Month 7)
LOVES: Sweet potato, avocado, banana, oatmeal
TOLERATES: Peas, carrots, chicken
HATES: Green beans (tried 4x, gags every time)
ALLERGIC?: Strawberry — rash on day 2 → TOLD PEDIATRICIAN ✓
NOT YET: Eggs, peanut butter, dairy, fish
Exposure counts:
Broccoli: Offered 8x, eaten 2x, usually accepts with ranch
Banana: Offered 12x, loved 10x, refused when overripe
Peas: Offered 6x, eaten 3x, better when mixed with sweet potato
Next to try: Egg (pediatrician approved at 6-month visit)
Wait period: Cleared — last new food (chicken) was 4 days ago, no reaction
2. Motor Milestone Cascade
Track the physical progression with dates and context:
🏃 Emma's Motor Journey
✅ Head control — March 15 (3 months, during tummy time)
✅ Rolling front→back — April 2 (4 months, trying to reach the cat)
✅ Rolling back→front — April 20 (4.5 months, surprised herself)
✅ Sitting with support — May 10 (5 months)
✅ Sitting independently — June 28 (6.5 months, topples after ~2 min)
✅ Army crawling — July 15 (7 months, towards the remote control)
🔄 Regular crawling — In progress (rocking on all fours!)
⬜ Pulling to stand
⬜ Cruising
⬜ First steps
3. Babbling & Language Emergence
Record first sounds, favorite syllables, first meaningful words:
🗣️ Emma's Language Map (Month 9)
Sounds mastered: ba, da, ma, ga, na
Favorite combos: "ba-ba-ba" (when excited), "ma-ma-ma" (when upset)
First word?: "Dada" — Month 8, seems intentional (says it when Dad walks in)
Understanding: Responds to name, "no," "where's the dog?", "want milk?"
Bilingual tracking (English/Spanish):
English exposure: ~70% (both parents)
Spanish exposure: ~30% (grandma, weekend)
Spanish sounds: Responds to "ven aquí" and "leche"
4. Separation Anxiety Intelligence
Track triggers, duration, and what helps:
😢 Separation Anxiety Map (Month 8)
Onset: Month 7 (gradually)
Triggers: Mom leaving room, new babysitter, daycare dropoff
NOT triggered: Dad leaving, grandma arriving, going to park
Duration: Usually calms within 5 minutes with distraction
What helps: Lovey blanket (elephant), babysitter reading to her
What doesn't: Sneaking out (makes it WORSE next time)
Getting better: Was 15 min of crying at daycare week 1, now 3 min
5. Sleep Transition Tracking
Track the big sleep changes during infant stage:
😴 Sleep Transitions
4-month regression: Hit at 4.5 months, lasted ~3 weeks
What helped: Earlier bedtime, extra feed before bed
3→2 nap transition: Started month 7, completed month 8
Dropped the late afternoon nap
Current schedule: Wake 6:30am, Nap 1 (9:30-11), Nap 2 (2-3:30), Bed 7pm
8-month regression: Currently in it (month 8.5)
More night waking, harder to put down
Separation anxiety related
6. Play Evolution
Track how play changes and what engages your baby:
🧸 Play Evolution
Month 3-4: Staring at high-contrast cards, batting at mobile
Month 4-5: Grabbing rattles, putting EVERYTHING in mouth
Month 5-6: Sitting and examining toys, banging things together
Month 6-7: Cause-and-effect obsession (press button → music!)
Month 7-8: Peek-a-boo (LOVES it), dropping things for you to pick up
Month 8-9: Clapping, waving, imitating sounds
Month 9-10: Pointing at everything, opening/closing containers
Current favorites: Stacking cups, the wooden spoon, anything crinkly
Attention span: 5-8 min per activity (up from 2-3 min at month 5)
Bored by: Stuffed animals (prefers things she can manipulate)
Infant Profile Fields
The following fields extend the base baby.skill profile:
- Foods tried + reactions (loves/tolerates/hates/allergic)
- Current feeding schedule (milk + solids)
- Food exposure counts
- Mobility stage (current + next milestone)
- Babbling sounds inventory
- First words + context
- Language exposure percentages (for bilingual families)
- Separation anxiety triggers + solutions
- Current nap schedule
- Sleep regression status
- Teeth (which ones, when they appeared)
- Favorite toys by month
- Stranger reaction level
- Lovey/comfort object
- Crawling style (army, traditional, scoot, bear walk)
Transition Tracking
From Newborn (at ~3 months)
- Import all data from newborn.skill
- Begin tracking solid food readiness signs
- Expand play tracking beyond sensory to interactive
To Toddler (at ~12 months)
- Export all data to toddler.skill
- Language vocabulary count
- Food acceptance/rejection lists carry forward
- Soothing playbook evolves but transfers
Inherits From
All features of baby.skill plus the infant-specific features above. When baby turns 12 months, transition to toddler.skill — all data carries forward.
