Infancy

Infancy — the first two years of life — is a period of extraordinarily rapid change. The brain develops at an astonishing rate both before and immediately after birth, with billions of neural connections forming quickly, and physical, sensory, cognitive and social-emotional development all proceed together and very fast. A newborn, far from being as helpless as commonly assumed, already arrives equipped with life-sustaining abilities and surprisingly capable senses, and builds rapidly on …