Baby Development Resources and New Parent FAQs

Baby Development Resources and Links

The PEKiP program in English is coming up soon from the PEKiP Association in Germany in 2025-2026

www.pekip.net

New Parent FAQs

Once enrolled, your educator will contact you via email with instructions to access your first session.

A personal device (iPad, Laptop, PC, Cell Phone, etc.) and an internet connection are necessary. The larger your device’s screen, the better you can follow and observe details during class.

It depends on the number of enrollments. Eight adults at the most: moms, dads, caregivers – and their babies. If participants have multiples, there will be fewer adults than babies unless the participant with multiples needs partner support during sessions.

Your baby’s primary needs – hunger, hygiene, sleep, and closeness – must be respected and met first, outside or during class. Feel free to feed your baby or change diapers during sessions. You are not the only one.

There is no need to wake up your baby for class. There are plenty of opportunities to learn even without your baby’s presence.

A material list will be sent via email before your session. This list depends on the age group you are enrolled in. No worries about the tools; you and your baby are essential in class. Most of our materials are from households, and few are to buy. Your baby will use those items you decide to buy for a long time.

Every session will be live, and you will have the opportunity to interact, ask questions, and discuss topics on the spot during each session. Every participant will have a one-on-one support opportunity with the educator during each session.

If applicable, examples of setting up the environment or small projects will be sent out before your session. You are welcome to send us an email with questions. Sometimes, no tools are needed, just your warm hands, lovely voice, and baby.

There are no skills necessary before starting a class with us. Curiosity, an open heart, and an open mind are appreciated.

You may be surprised. There is a curriculum. You are holding it in your arms. It’s your baby and their present developmental stage.

Your goal is our goal. Development is a continuous and ever-changing ride. Your baby grows at the most rapid speed during the first year of life. We focus on helping you understand these rapid changes and when, where, and how to start supporting your baby’s brain-body-bonding development and connecting you with other parents with age-similar babies, building a community of thriving families.

We completely understand that plans can change. That’s why we offer a full money-back guarantee for the remaining sessions – no questions asked.

Feel free to send us an email with your questions. We are happy to help.

The Best Toy in the World

It needs to be flexible, moveable, and touchable, with a melodic tone; it needs to smell just right and be clearly visible.

It needs to be reachable, and your baby must be able to grasp it despite not yet having fully developed motor function.

It would be nice if it could appear and disappear as needed.
Furthermore, the baby should somehow be able to influence it.

It would be perfect if this educational valuable “toy” could help the baby learn to speak.

This precious “thing” cannot be purchased in a store or online, but it still exists.

Many babies with only this one “toy” throughout infancy are ahead of their peers during this early stage of life. The “thing” I’m talking about is a human.

Author unknown. Translated from the German language by Laura Liebig www.babyparentsteps.com

Recommended Books

1. The Science of Parenting – How today’s brain research can help you raise happy, emotionally balanced children, by Margot Sunderland.

2. The Whole-Brain Child – 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture your Child’s Developing Mind, by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, PH.D.

3. The Bottom Line For Baby, From Sleep Training to Screens, Thumb Sucking to Tummy Time – What the Science Says – An Essential A–Z Guide for Your Biggest Questions and Concerns, by Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. , New York Times Bestselling Author

4. Baby Meets World, sucking, smile, touch, toddle – A journey through Infancy, by Nicholas Day