Your One to Two Year Old
Your little baby is now a toddler - often a very challenging time
for parents who now have to relate to a miniature human being who is
desperately trying to locate her space in this big wide world,
opposed to a couple of months back, where the most difficult
challenge was to get baby to smile. A time where conflicts are
rife.... a time commonly known as the "Terrible Two's"!
Physical Skills
- Capable of raising arms high enough to be able to empty a bowl
of porridge over her head.
- Diligently helps mommy clear the table by using the tablecloth
as support.
- Practices his grip, by yanking on a piece of your hair, or
worse the dog's tail.
- Marked improvement in his feeding habits - now only spills six
times a day.
- Great improvement in the hand/eye co-ordination - repeatedly
unties the laces of all family members shoes.
- Capable of opening the medicine cupboard and actually
relishing it's contents.
- Enjoys building towers - using your ancient china teacups
- Is able to remove her own nappy and use the couch as a potty.
Intellectual Skills
- Able to stop crying for at least ten minutes at a time.
- Enjoys swallowing the contents of your purse, while you're
buzy with an important phone call.
- Insists on giving 'teddy' a bath in the toilet.
- Creative powers emerge. Decorates your walls with food and
permanent markers.
- Is able to associate chocolate wrappers with the sugar content
of it's insides.
- Has mastered the use of remote controls.
Social Skills
- Bites without forewarning.
- Waters the 'Joneses' artificial flower arrangement with her
milk bottle.
- Allows mommy to leave the room for a whole ten seconds at a
time.
- Practices her vocal sounds by screaming blue murder on a visit
to the library.
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