He ﷺ was raised as an orphan as his father passed away whilst his mother was pregnant with him and so his grandfather took custody of him.
At the age of 4 or 5, Halimah al-Sa’diyyah returned him ﷺ back to his mother out of fear for him, due to the incident wherein his chest was split open. Some signs of prophethood
At the age of six his mother took him to Madinah, with Umm Ayman looking after him. They spent a month there visiting his maternal uncles. His mother fell ill on the route back to Makkah and passed away, and was buried in al-Abwa (with reports that his mother carried to Makkah and buried therein, by ibn Jawzi). His carer Umm Ayman returned him to his grandfather in Makkah.
At the age of 8, his grand father passed away. So his paternal uncle Abu talib tool custody of him in compliance of his grandfathers request. Abu Talib became his protector agaiinst his enemies and would treat him very affectionately. Whilst Abu Talib was poor, he became very affluent as a consequence of his custody of him ﷺ.
At the age of 12, he traveled to Sham with his uncle Abu Talib. However, his uncle returned him ﷺ from the fear of the Jews after the monk Bahira made him afraid of them.
At the age of 25, he went on business for Khadijah, with her servent Maysarah on the 16th of Dhu al-Hijjah. He rested under a tree, where upon Nastur the monk said, “No one has rested under this tree except a prophet”.