infant-skill

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.