When you were a baby, you were unconscious and incompetent. At least, to the outer 3D environment that was new to you.
Your consciousness that, of the Higher Planes from where you just departed for your Earthly jouney was still very much with you. Not only did the “blessing” of amnesia slowly begin to set in, but other means to challenge your intellect and intuition became a major part of your exoteric circumstances as well.
There is much that is not allowed to accompany us on our Earth sojourn. There are valid reasons for this, for now, another interference of our ability to acquire and then sustain conscious living came into to the picture. Here we call it parents. And then came the in-laws, the outlaws and the teachers and all the rest of the mostly well meaning ones that did a thorough job of making you comply to their belief systems and what they thought you should do, the way you should act, the words you should use, and not use, what you should have, and not have, and the way you should present yourself in the public eye.
Back to you the baby. Dad gets up, gets ready, ties his shoes and off to work he goes. You have no idea what he’s doing, but the child always watches everything. Mommy ties your shoes every day, but so far you are an unconscious incompetent.
You grow. At around the terrific twos you have been watching this shoe-tie thing now for some time. One day you try it, whoops no good, can’t do it yet but you become conscious of it being done. You have become a conscious incompetent.
You grow. You’re now about 3, 4, you know the shoe needs to be tied, and by now you can tie a sloppy bow. You have become a conscious competent.