infant stage
Life's opening chapter
The infant stage is the earliest period of development, from birth through approximately the first year or two of life.
The term applies to human development but extends to animals, plants, organizations, or technologies in their formative phases: The company is still in its infant stage.
It implies vulnerability, rapid growth, and dependence on external support.
- newbornInfant just delivered
- babyVery young child
- baby showerPre-birth gift gathering
- cradleRocking bed for infants
- nurseryRoom for infants
car seat · diaper · crawling · baby steps · teething · lullaby · crib · rattle · swaddle · toddler · nursing · night feeding · cooing · babbling · baby talk · first words · tummy time · milk
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, milestones, milestone
- ageschild, kid, teen, adult, toddler
- psychosocial developmentidentity formation, psychosocial, mistrust, doubt, initiative
infant stageadulthood
State of being grown
adult stage · maturity · old age · late adulthood · senescence
infant stageend of life
Cessation of existence
final stage · terminal stage · end stage · twilight years · last chapter
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