infancy
Life's opening chapter
Infancy is the earliest stage of life, roughly the first year or two after birth.
By extension, infancy describes the earliest phase of anything's development: The technology is still in its infancy.
The word implies helplessness, rapid growth, and potential yet to be realized.
Infant just delivered
- neonateInfant under 28 days
- nurseryRoom for infants
- cribSmall bed with rails
- bassinetPortable infant bed
diapers · pacifier · swaddle · onesie · bib · highchair · rattle · mobile
Point of creation
- inceptionFounding moment
- dawnDay's first glow
- outsetInitial point of something
- onsetStarting point of something
emergence · advent · threshold · commencement · origination · foundation · inauguration · initiation
Unable to act independently
- dependentRequiring outside support
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- needyWanting in essentials
reliance · protection · nurturing · caregiver · attachment · bonding · custody · guardianship
Notable points of progress
- growth spurtsRapid periods of development
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- weaningGradual dietary independence
motor skills · cognitive development · language acquisition · neuroplasticity · physical development · immunizations · pediatrics · nutrition
Uncontaminated quality
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- guilelessFree from deceit
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
trustful · wholesome · childlike · purehearted · ingenuous · unsophisticated · unaffected · simple
newborn
Infant just delivered
bassinet · diapers · pacifier · swaddle · onesie · bib · highchair · rattle · mobile · lullaby
genesis
Point of creation
onset · emergence · advent · threshold · commencement · origination · foundation · inauguration · initiation · prologue
helpless
Unable to act independently
needy · reliance · protection · nurturing · caregiver · attachment · bonding · custody · guardianship · supervision
milestones
Notable points of progress
- growth spurtsRapid periods of development
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
weaning · motor skills · cognitive development · language acquisition · neuroplasticity · physical development · immunizations · pediatrics · nutrition · nourishment
purity
Uncontaminated quality
unspoiled · trustful · wholesome · childlike · purehearted · ingenuous · unsophisticated · unaffected · simple · unworldly
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- age-related termsretirement age, driving age, drinking age, voting age, legal age
- Human Developmentgrowth, heredity, aging, genetics, puberty
- life cycleslife cycle, birth, death, growth, metamorphosis
- phasesbeta phase, acute phase, design phase, growth stage, life stage
- psychosocial developmentidentity formation, life stages, psychosocial, mistrust, doubt
infancyadulthood
State of being grown
old age · senescence · maturity · elderhood · senility
infancymaturity
Full growth achieved
end · decline · conclusion · twilight · obsolescence
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- infant formulaCommercial breastmilk replacement
- infant car seatRestraint for traveling newborns
- infant seatProtective carrier for newborns
- infant careAttending to babies' needs
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
infant, infants, infantile, infanticide, infantilize, infantilism, infancies