A parent on usually leaves on the second night at midnight. So it's with the baby the entire day that it's born and the entire day after that. If you paused it then that slows down the growth and the complete 24hrs of the second day will take longer.
To get the training bar filled you have to use the disciplin icon and TIME OUT your tama when it beeps unnecessarily (meaning atleast one hunger and happy heart is filled). You also give a timeout if your tama has wrapped present and it gives a bad present when it connects with another tama, when it appears on the screen again. PRAISE your tama when it has its back turned to you or its crying.
To earn skill points you have to play games, also eating certain foods raise them.
JUMP ROPE and MIMIC gives random skill pts.
SHAPE gives intelligence skill pts.
DANCE gives art skill pts.
FLAG gives social skill pts.
Teachers also give skill pts.
Mr. Turtle = intelligence skill points (pencil icon)
Mr. Canvas = social / kind skill points (flower icon)
Ms. SunFlower = arts / fashion skill points (star icon)
~shawdy~