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Baby is born!
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12-15 Physical Development
*Can turn several pages of a book at a time.
*Says "mama" and/or "dada".
*Likes to hand back toys between hands.
*May have started to walk. -
12-15 Months Cognitive Development
*Better able to express feelings.
*Responds to directions.
*Understands tools and their uses such as a spoon to soup
*Say simple words -
16-18 Months Physical Development
*Can slide down stairs backwards, one step at a time.
*Turns pages when being read to.
*Scribble
*Become attached to a certain toy -
16-18 Months Cognitive Development
Children often become:
*self-centered
*negative
*disobeying
*also fearfull -
19-21 Months Physical Development
*Can pull toys with wheels
*Brush teeth
*Can change their clothing
*Draw better, possible more recognizable shapes. -
19-21 Months Cognitive Development
*May understand more and be able to wait longer.
*Say 20-50 words
*Start setting small goals
*Name people, objects, and/or animals when shown. -
22-24 Months Physical Development
*Walks well
*Show good bladder control
*Open and close doors
*Walk down starirs -
22-24 Months Cognitive Development
*Child becomes more ovewhelmed, and their frustration becomes anger.
*Identify body parts
*Start asking "why" to almost everything.
*Start to understand gender differences -
24-30 Months Physical Development
*Can stack at least 6 blocks.
*Becomes more social
*Begins to show interest in using the toilet.
*Gets better at throwing -
24-30 Months Cognitive Development
*Able to understand spoken commands, and speak.
*Attention span increases
*Desire to be independant
*May have an imaginary friend. -
30-36 Months Physical Development
*Can draw comprehensible circles, horizantal and vertical lines .
*Balence on one foot
*Begins using tricycle
*Walks backwards -
30-36 Months Cognitive Development
*Accept resonable, loving guidence more readily than before.
*Expresses more emotions
*Uses pronouns when speaking
*Develops friendships.
