Toddlers Development

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By the time a baby reaches 3 months it has begun to take note of its surroundings. Normally, it turns its head around, apparently taking in its parents and its home. Gradually, once the head is in motion, it can manipulate its hands, trunk and legs. It can co-ordinate its eyes, recognise its parents and smile. By the time a baby is 7/9 months old, it should be able to sit up and will, by this age, be crawling or trying to. By a year, many babies will have learned to stand. Aged between 1 and 4, the toddler is at a very interesting age with rapid development, the emergence of a distinctive personality, often aggressive and timid by turns. There are usually four different stages of psychological development. The first is from birth to 1 year.…show more content…
They have, in other words, yet to acquire those bits that modify its behaviour, establishing the difference between right and wrong. He or she might have problems sharing things like toys and mistake another toddler’s favourite toy as his own. Of course, they also have temper tantrums. Or most do at some point in the week. In another year, most toddlers have acquired a reasonable degree of verbal dexterity. They appear to love words and often exhilarate in the joy of merely speaking. At this age, children can be exceptionally charming, doing things we consider both cute and recordable. Many show every sign of being exceptional although gradually early precociousness will fade away, the child becoming ordinary or simply moody. Being a toddler can be a fun time for both child and parents. Between 2 and 3 years the world can become an amazing adventure. A fearless toddler will run everywhere seeking out new scenes, new experiences. By then, to their surprise they can run, jump, climb, skip (not too much mind you) touch, fiddle, take or rip objects…show more content…
(Some people never manage this, the last one). Toddlers tend to be spontaneously, irresistibly, uncontrollably self-centred, thinking only of their own cherished, tiny needs. The toddler is still dependent upon its parents. Without them, it would wither and die. It would not be able to find food and drink. It could not dress itself and keep warm. Often, if its parent leaves the room it is playing in, it will cry. It does not yet understand that mother or father will return. What would it do after all, if it is left all alone? What really bothers the child? The loss of its parents’ warmth or of a regular food-supply? Children become toilet trained only when they are ready. You cannot force a toddler to use a potty and trying only makes matters worse. A baby/toddler can learn to use the potty by 1year, but will not usually do so in a premeditated fashion. A parent plops them down and something comes out. Only at 18 months does bladder control emerge, and voluntary control takes over. Only then does the child becoming aware of its toiletry needs before the event, rather than after. Although the toddler will occasionally inadvertently soil itself, the long days of urine soaked nappies and preposterously ponging poo will be largely

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