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The Birth of the Baby
The baby is Born! -
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The Wonderful Life of a Toddler
When Children are in the stage of using their bodies and minds to a new extent such as walking, observing, listening, and communicating. -
13-15 months:Physical
Crawls over small barriers, change in proportion causes an improvement in the child's overall posture. The quality of a toddler's teeth is influence by the diet of the mother, heredity, and dental care. Arms and legs will be the fastest growing parts of the child's body. -
13-15 months: Cognitive
Explores different features of objects as if studying them. Utilizes their senses to understand objects better. Also, uses one-to- two word phases and their speech development grows at a rapid pace. Long pauses can occur when attempted to make a sentence -
16-18 months: Physical
May be able walk side ways, stand on either foot with support, also walks fast and runs stiffly. May show hand preference in all activities. Likes to grab anything and everything. Begins to scribble. -
16-18 months:Cognitive
Begins to figure things out through thought and process. Has short attention span. Will cheerfully oblige from a command that involves his or her favorite toy. First words he or she will learn will be what they label people, animals, and objects. -
19-21 months:Physical
Runs without falling. Also, they often walk up and down stairs with help. Hangs from bar, grasping with hands. Weight gain is approximately the same between boys and girls. Child's arms, legs and torso lengthen, which improves balance and motor skills. -
19-21 months: Cognitive
Progresses from simple imitation to hand to hand communication. The ability to wonder "why" and "how" about the world around them are encouraged by providing new experiences and using their imagination to produce new ideas. Another thing, their speech difficulties can rise. May also start to add curves and angles to the lines they draw. This crucial change indicates that he or she is drawing something. -
22-24 months: Physical
Walks with more coordination and assurance. Also, likes to play with modeling clay. Posture changes as well as their confidents to attemp new things . Also, they're trying to find a balance between risk and a challenge -
22-24 months: Cognitive
Recognizes when picture in book is upside down. Maybe be able to draw crude pictures and interpret what they are. Utilizes their memory from past experience to solve trials and error. Look back from experience from parents to cope with fears and things they do not understand. Also are able to take in information from the senses. -
24-30 months: Physical
Climb everywhere indoors, even in forbidden places. Can remove wrapping from gum and candy. Also, may collide with other people or obstacles. Involve using muscle groups that are found in arms and legs daily. Develope an interest in playing with others their age outdoors as well. -
24-30 months: Cognitive
Remember sequence of stories and may be able to retell them. Like to imitae drawings of older children. Use two-word sentences. Enjoys learning names for new objects and solves problems by imitating past actions. -
30-36 months:Physical
Enjoys games involving running and quickly on jungle gym to reach the top. Catches large ball with arms and hands out straight. Sits in adult chairs and may prefer these to smaller chairs. Turns doorknobs with greater strenght and scrbbles and draws circles as well as horizontal and vertical lines. -
30-36 months: Cognitive
Becomes more skilled in putting puzzles together. Reveals intellectual curiosity in reading in books and watching TV. Starts to use past tense and plurals. Also, is able to have simple conversations with adults.
