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Child Development 0–3 Months Child Development 0 - 3 Months child development 0-3 months Coming into the world is a very big and scary adventure for babies. At first they don’t know that you are there to comfort, feed and care for them. They only know when they feel comfortable and safe, or afraid or hungry or unsafe. However, even from birth, they start to communicate with you and give you little signals when they are tired or hungry or awake and alert. They are learning all the time, and the job of parents is to help them to know that the world is a welcoming place for them to be in, where their needs will be met and they will learn to feel safe and loved. Remember that for a new baby everything is new and scary at first, even a nappy (diaper) change. Social and emotional development ■ Newborn babies cannot understand what is happening to them. ■ They do not know that they are people. ■ They do not know who is feeding them, or who helps when they cry. ■ They feel happy when they feed, but they do not know what ‘happy’ is. ■ They cry when they are hungry or need to sleep, but they do not know that they are being cared for. The first and perhaps most important thing to understand about newborn babies is that they do not have any understanding of being a separate person inside their own skin, and certainly not a person in relationship with other people. ■ Newborn babies do not cry ‘for attention’ or to ‘get at’ their parents. A new baby in the first three months is not capable of responding to you with any conscious purpose. They have feelings of pleasure when they feed successfully or hear your soothing voice and feelings of pain when they feel hungry