Coming soon Self-paced · Ages 0–12 months
A calm, research-based picture of what infants are actually doing in the first year.
Overview
Your baby is learning from the first day, and most of that learning happens in ordinary moments: a feed, a diaper change, a face close to theirs. This class shows you what is being built in those moments, how babies communicate long before words, how attachment forms, and what the science actually says about crying, sleep, feeding, play, and the noise that surrounds new parents. Every lesson is short, because your time is short.
Format
What you'll learn
Module breakdown
16 short lessons of about 10 minutes each, about 3 hours in all. Self-paced and built to watch on your phone during a nap.
Module 01
5 lessons, about 1 hour
What newborns can already do, how experience builds the brain, the back-and-forth that shapes it, why babies cry and how to help them calm, and why a baby can be capable and fragile at the same time.
Module 02
4 lessons, about 40 minutes
The signals that mean ready, hungry, tired, or had enough. Your baby's temperament, feeding as a two-way conversation, and what sleep really looks like across the first year.
Module 03
3 lessons, about 30 minutes
What secure attachment is and isn't, how babies attach to more than one person (including in childcare), and why separation and stranger wariness show up later in the year.
Module 04
4 lessons, about 40 minutes
Babbling, pointing, and the first words your baby understands. Tummy time, crawling, and how moving changes everything. Play, hiding games, and what the evidence says about screens.
Who this class is for
While you wait
The class is still in development, but these are free now and map onto what this age is about: reading cues, lending calm, and protecting sleep.
Free article
The back-and-forth that builds an infant's brain and language, including where the idea gets over-applied.
Free tool
Why babies borrow calm from a steadier adult before they can produce their own, in plain language.
Free tool
A calm, research-grounded reference for the sleep and rhythm questions that dominate the first year.
Why this approach is different
Built from peer-reviewed developmental science across brain development, language, executive function, and emotion regulation, not a single personal philosophy.
The science is translated for parents: concise, readable, and honest about what the research can and can't tell us.
Every recommendation is filtered through actual family life: tired adults, multiple kids, work, daycare pickups, and dinner.
No scripts to memorize, no suggestion that one slip ruins your child. The tone is the way you'd want a thoughtful friend to talk to you.
Why trust this
The content in this class is grounded in developmental neuroscience, child development research, and over 50 years of rigorous published research, created and taught by Matthew McArthur, a Child Development Specialist with graduate training in developmental psychology and years of direct work with young children and families in Los Angeles.
Common questions
The class is in active development. Waitlist members are notified first and get early-bird pricing before the class opens to the public.
No charge until you choose to purchase. Joining the waitlist is free, and we send one short note when the class opens, and you decide then. No obligation, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Nothing special. The class is designed to work on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Self-paced means you watch on your schedule, with no live sessions and no deadlines.
Matthew McArthur, a Child Development Specialist with graduate training in developmental psychology and years of hands-on work with children and families in Los Angeles. Content draws from four research domains: developmental neuroscience, language acquisition, executive function, and emotion regulation.
Waitlist
Join the waitlist now. Waitlist members are notified first and locked in at early-bird pricing before the class opens to the public. We'll send one short note when it's ready.
