The village that remembers for you
Once upon a time, grandma next door knew when the baby should be rolling over, when to size up the diapers, and when it was really time to call the doctor. My Village brings that wisdom back — proactive reminders, milestone guidance, and right-sized supplies, all tuned to your baby's age and pace. Right now, the village is built for the infant, baby, and toddler years — the seasons when help matters most — with more ages on the way.
No one was meant to do this alone
Modern parents are handed a newborn and a search engine. My Village replaces 2am googling with the three things a village always provided: knowing what's next, a nudge at the right moment, and never buying (or wasting) more than you need.
Know what's next
A clear, age-by-age view of what most babies are doing now and what's coming — based on the CDC's milestone checklists, not internet folklore.1
Nudged at the right time
Proactive texts that arrive before the moment matters: size up the diapers, switch the bottle nipple flow, start thinking about weaning off the bottle.
Buy only what you need
Because we track growth and check in before every order ships, you stop stockpiling. No more unopened case of newborn diapers your baby outgrew last week.
Milestones, month by month
Drawn from the CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." checklists. Each milestone is placed at the age by which at least 75% of children would be expected to reach it — so if your baby hasn't yet, it's genuinely worth a conversation, not a panic.6
💛 Social / Emotional
- Calms down when spoken to or picked up
- Looks at your face
- Seems happy to see you when you walk up
- Smiles when you talk to or smile at them
🗣️ Language / Communication
- Makes sounds other than crying
- Reacts to loud sounds
🧠 Cognitive
- Watches you as you move
- Looks at a toy for several seconds
🤸 Movement / Physical
- Holds head up when on tummy
- Moves both arms and both legs
- Opens hands briefly
Source: CDC milestone checklist, 2 months1
💛 Social / Emotional
- Smiles on their own to get your attention
- Chuckles (not yet a full laugh) when you try to make them laugh
- Looks at you, moves, or makes sounds to get or keep your attention
🗣️ Language / Communication
- Makes sounds like "oooo", "aahh" (cooing)
- Makes sounds back when you talk
- Turns head towards the sound of your voice
🧠 Cognitive
- If hungry, opens mouth when they see breast or bottle
- Looks at their hands with interest
🤸 Movement / Physical
- Holds head steady without support when held
- Holds a toy when you put it in their hand
- Uses their arm to swing at toys
- Brings hands to mouth
- Pushes up onto elbows/forearms when on tummy
Source: CDC milestone checklist, 4 months2
💛 Social / Emotional
- Knows familiar people
- Likes to look at self in a mirror
- Laughs
🗣️ Language / Communication
- Takes turns making sounds with you
- Blows "raspberries" (sticks tongue out and blows)
- Makes squealing noises
🧠 Cognitive
- Puts things in mouth to explore them
- Reaches to grab a toy they want
- Closes lips to show they don't want more food
🤸 Movement / Physical
- Rolls from tummy to back
- Pushes up with straight arms when on tummy
- Leans on hands to support themselves when sitting
Source: CDC milestone checklist, 6 months3
💛 Social / Emotional
- Is shy, clingy, or fearful around strangers
- Shows several facial expressions: happy, sad, angry, surprised
- Looks when you call their name
- Reacts when you leave (looks, reaches for you, or cries)
- Smiles or laughs at peek-a-boo
🗣️ Language / Communication
- Makes lots of different sounds like "mamamama" and "bababababa"
- Lifts arms up to be picked up
🧠 Cognitive
- Looks for objects when dropped out of sight
- Bangs two things together
🤸 Movement / Physical
- Gets to a sitting position by themselves
- Moves things from one hand to the other
- Uses fingers to "rake" food toward themselves
- Sits without support
Source: CDC milestone checklist, 9 months4
💛 Social / Emotional
- Plays games with you, like pat-a-cake
🗣️ Language / Communication
- Waves "bye-bye"
- Calls a parent "mama" or "dada" or another special name
- Understands "no" (pauses briefly or stops)
🧠 Cognitive
- Puts something in a container, like a block in a cup
- Looks for things they see you hide, like a toy under a blanket
🤸 Movement / Physical
- Pulls up to stand
- Walks, holding on to furniture
- Drinks from a cup without a lid, as you hold it
- Picks things up between thumb and pointer finger
Source: CDC milestone checklist, 1 year5
CDC checklists continue through age 5 (15 months, 18 months, 2 years, 30 months, 3, 4 & 5 years) — the full timeline will live here as we build.1
Reminders that show up before you knew you needed them
My Village keeps quiet track of your baby's age, growth, and answers to quick check-ins — then nudges you at just the right moment. Here's a sample week:
Time to move up to medium-flow bottle nipples — the newborn ones are getting frustratingly slow. Flow stages step up again around 6 months, and at 1 year we'll help you wean off the bottle onto cups.
A teething toothbrush goes in your next box — gums before teeth! Around 7 months we'll switch you to a real toothbrush and toothpaste.
Congratulations! We'd suggest overnight diapers for comfort and leak prevention — want us to swap them into your next order? One question, answered by text. No forms, no forgotten settings.
Any blow-outs this week? That usually means it's time to size up — we'll adjust the order before it ships. This is how you never end up with an unopened case of too-small diapers.
What a milestone! Cruiser-style diapers give your mover more mobility — want to try them? Reminders adapt: if a big sibling walked early, we check in earlier for baby #2.
Sample reminders from the My Village BabyBasics playbook (our product spec) — timings shown are illustrative and will be finalized with pediatric guidance.
When not to worry — and when to check in
Every baby has their own pace. The village's job is knowing the difference between "give it time" and "worth a call."
🌿 Usually just their own pace
- Reaching a milestone later than a sibling or friend's baby did — the checklist ages already build in wide normal variation6
- Being a little "behind" in one area while sprinting ahead in another
- Premature babies tracking to their adjusted age — our check-ins account for weeks early
🩺 Worth talking to your pediatrician
- Not meeting one or more milestones for their age1
- Losing skills they once had1
- Any concern you can't shake — "You know your child best. Don't wait."1
- And even without concerns: the AAP recommends developmental screening at the 9-month, 18-month, and 30-month checkups, plus autism screening at 18 and 24 months7
And when you need real hands, not just reminders
My Village also organizes your people — because some things only a human can do.
Ask for help, gracefully
Post a need — a meal train, an hour of sleep, company on a hard day — and let your village claim it. No guilt, no group-chat chaos.
Coordinate the calendar
Visits, meal drop-offs, and babysitting shifts in one shared schedule, so help arrives when it's actually helpful.
Keep everyone in the loop
Share updates and photos once, with just your village — instead of the same news across five different threads.
How it works
Tell us about your baby
Age, weight, feeding style, preferences — including adjusted age for premies.
We watch the calendar
Milestones, sizes, and switches — My Village tracks what's coming so you don't have to.
You get the right nudge
A friendly text at the right moment — answer Yes or No and we handle the rest.
Your village is waiting
Be the first to know when My Village launches. We'll send one thoughtful email — no spam, promise.
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Sources
- CDC, Learn the Signs. Act Early. — Milestone checklist, 2 months (and program guidance): cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/2-months.html; program index: cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/index.html
- CDC — Milestone checklist, 4 months: cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/4-months.html
- CDC — Milestone checklist, 6 months: cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/6-months.html
- CDC — Milestone checklist, 9 months: cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/9-months.html
- CDC — Milestone checklist, 1 year: cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/1-year.html
- CDC — Key points about the milestone checklists ("Milestones were placed at ages by which at least 75% of children would be expected to exhibit them"): cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/key-points.html
- American Academy of Pediatrics / HealthyChildren.org — Milestones Matter (screening at 9, 18, and 30 months; autism screening at 18 and 24 months): healthychildren.org — Milestones Matter