Infant researchers agree that it is very important for parents to go to baby promptly when he cries. This leads to less crying later. By about the fourth week of life, infants use fussing or com-plaining noises when they need something. By about 6 weeks, just making eye contact with baby can sometimes quiet him. If you answer quiet cries consistently, baby learns he doesn't have to scream.
Babies are social.
They like to know that they can have an effect on their world. Placing babies in child care is common. Yes, if it's good child care. First, no one has ever expected one or two parents to raise their children all alone, without help from anyone. Good parents have always counted on family, friends, neighbors, and churches or temples.