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The second year of life has alot in store for your toddler. He is moving from babyhood to childhood. It is important to give your child the love, support, patience, encouragement and guidance that he needs. Toddlers are a challenge and at times, he may test your patience. Continue to set rules and enforce them. Soon your child will learn his limits.

You might notice that your child has developed new fears. This is normal and should pass when she sees that there is really nothing to be afraid of. Some children are afraid of separation, change, inanimate obects, animals and imaginary creatures. If you subjected your child to these types of objects from a young age, she may not show fear. Respect her fears and gently tell her there is nothing to be afraid of.

Because your baby is probably standing and walking well, he does not like any type of restraint. Occasionally, there are times that he may need to be in a playpen for safety. Your baby is beginning to do things for attention and likes when you clap or acknowledge her cuteness. At this point, she is beginning to adjust to babysitters but she is still afraid of strangers. She will empty the contents out of anything that you allow her to. She likes to take socks out of drawers, pots out of cabinets, etc. It is very important that you have childproofed your home and made a safe place for your toddler to explore.

Language skills are developing and he will begin saying simple words. Sometimes he gets frustrated if he can not find the words to say. Your child will respond to his name and he will look in the right direction when you ask him where an object is. He has begun to understand the names of objects, foods, people and animals. You might notice that he has a favorite book and will want you to read it over and over.

Your child does like to play alone sometimes, but she really likes to play with you. She likes to hide and have you find her. Some of her favorite toys are push and pull toys, simple ride on toys, pretend play, building materials, crayons and paper, cars and trucks, balls and other bright objects. Providing her a variety of educational toys will encourage her learning. Help her build towers and play imitation games with her.

Sometimes it is hard for babies to give up the bottle or breast. Weaning from the breast or bottle should be done slowly. Many babies want to nurse or drink from a bottle before bed and when they wake up. Do not allow your child to take a bottle or cup to bed with her. By now, she can drink whole milk. Offer her milk in a cup and encourage her to drink from it. She will drink less milk as she is eating more foods. Soon your child will forget about the breast or bottle. Don't offer it if she has moved on.

Developmental Milestones - 13 Months

Physical

• Climbs onto a low step
• Can stand alone
• May walk well
• Puts objects away

Intellectual

• Can hug and kiss
• Likes when people are near
• Enjoys praise and attention
• Is learning simple words
• Can respond when her name is called
• Waves bye bye

Emotional

• Shy with strangers
• Likes other children
• Will adjust to familiar faces

Age Appropriate Toys

• Ride-on toys
• Push toys
• Puppets
• Books
• Balls
• Dolls
• Blocks
• Chunky crayons and paper
• Large trucks/cars
• Nesting cup

Comments:

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Izzyandme - 10 minutes ago
We're having an awkward time with our health centre at the moment. Isaac should have had a development check between 6-12 months and despite me trying to arrange it several times its not happened. I had to shout at them on Fri to find out that my health visitor has moved jobs and not passed us to anyone else. Also because of that his jabs are going to be behind schedule too. I've managed to book in for his check on Monday but his 12 month jab is not for two weeks and he'll be almost 14 months. Grr I hate being messed around.

britty113 - 3.6 hours ago
Jackson dancing with his mickey mouse car. he loves this thing! sorry its sideways.. couldnt figure out how to rotate it. enjoy!

happymere - 3.7 hours ago
Judi, true I forgot that red meat hold lots of iron..great reminder thanks. Glad Penny had a great time. I'm sad that Nathaniel is starting to be scared of some stuffs, per example, he use to love like Thomas the train in a store 2 weeks ago, he was putting his finger in the mouth of the train (as it talks and moves it's eyes) and yesterday my husband went back to the store and he said he seems afraid and didn't want to play with it...I guess it's normal to develop some fear...

happymere - 3.7 hours ago
Oups debsandgrace...well 20 signs is even better! She's eager to communicate I see :). Maybe I should try in learning them? Where did you learn them? How long did it took for her to start? Although there's one sign he sure knows how to excell in ...no with his head when I tell him it's time for bed. haha

judi - 4 hours ago
We took Penny out to a county fair type thing here and she hadn't had her afternoon nap so I expected her to be difficult, but she absolutely loved it and was so cute, toddling around watching the big kids on their rides and flinging cotton candy from her fingers. Just too cute. And she stayed up almost 2 hours past her normal bedtime then slept like an angel.

debsandgrace - 7.7 hours ago
Happymere- Sorry think i must have spelt it wrong its 20 baby sign lanuage signs that she can do. Grace tries to sing but noone can understand her yet! For breakfast we just cannnot get her to eat cereal so we give her fruit toast or scrambled eggs and either beans or tomatoes. We celebrated bonfire night and had fireworks this evening. I was prepared for Grace to cry and be scared but she LOVED them cheering and clapping everytime they finished!

judi - 9.7 hours ago
Yes, happymere, at this age we need to be careful Baby is getting enough iron so baby cereal is a good idea. Penny eats a lot of meat so I don't bother much with the cereal though. She eats fresh fruit for breakfast usually.

happymere - Friday, 6 Nov
debsangrace, that is really good up to 26 sing..My son impress me as he sing a couple of songs (4 sec laps), that's how he ask me to sing those song by trying to sing them..I can recognized them but I'm sure no one else could lol.

happymere - Friday, 6 Nov
Nathaniel feed himself pretty good with the spoon / fork..Actually he likes it to the point that sometimes he try with food that he can't (exemple bread) doh! Theyr's some food that are harder and in that time I take a spoon and help him in between so he doesn't get frustrated. For breakfast...I still give him baby cereal (every kind there is with a fruit puree or some fresh fruit and milk). The reason I still give him those cereal is that they have lots of iron so I'm not sure if regular cereal like oatmeal with no added iron has enough. Iv'e been told until 2 years they need those cereal for the iron? Is anyone have been told that also?

momentfrozenintime - Friday, 6 Nov
kathy - Sometimes I feed Colin oatmeal with bananas if I have a chance to sit down and feed him. Also, omelets are good because you can sneak in veggies like tomatoes and then of course cheese. Sometimes he has a multi-grain waffle with some kind of fruit. Banana nut muffins with banana mixed in are also good. Oh, and I tried blending up half a banana, baby yogurt, and milk, and he loves that little smoothie although it doesn't fill him up completely. I'm always trying to think up breakfasts so he doesn't get tired of the same thing -- especially because I have to get ready in the mornings while he eats.

kathy=^.^= - Friday, 6 Nov
hello ladies hows it goin? i was wondering what are you feedin ur LO for breakfast?

debsandgrace - Friday, 6 Nov
Grace is prefering to feed herself too she loves breadsticks dipped in cheese spread. My brother watched her for a few hrs today and she signed nappy to him when she woke from her nap, She usually only copies me signing it! She is really doing so well with the signing now she can copy or do 20 different signs. Last night was her first in her own room and she slept 7pm-6am. Think its because DH's snoring didn't wake her lol Fingers crossed for tonight! Hope everyone has a great weekend what ever your plans are = 0 )

nik - Friday, 6 Nov
I try to let Kailey feed herself, but she usually just ends up squishing everything in her hands then rubbing it all over her tray. I don't think much makes it into her mouth lol! She has been such a bad eater lately too, but I stuck my finger in her mouth and she has her 2 bottom molars coming in! No wonder she doesn't want to eat. Poor baby, I can only imagine how bad that hurts. I can't wait until all this teething is done.

judi - Thursday, 5 Nov
Aluehring, that reminds me of Tycho when he was a baby: he preferred crawling for a while after he learned to walk, but Penny has NEVER crawled since she figured out the walking thing!

aluehring - Thursday, 5 Nov
Tyler pretty much eats everything by himself. Uless it's something that needs a spoon. I can give him half a bananna, cheese sticks, crackers and he eats them all himself. He does not like it too much if I try and feed him.

momentfrozenintime - Thursday, 5 Nov
Colin is officially 14 months now! But there is little to no activity on the 14 month page. Anyway, I am really excited that Colin is able to eat by himself really well now. He can take whole crackers and bite it. He also walks around saying 'uh-oh' all the time! haha so cute! He has learned so many little things so fast, and I think it's my favorite part of watching him grow up!

aluehring - Thursday, 5 Nov
Tyler walks when he wants too. He knows that he can get to where he wants to a lot faster by crawling. He is walking more and more each day but just not 100% of the time. I know he will one day just walk all the time.

DonyaK - Thursday, 5 Nov
I don't feed Ava. I just put the food on her tray and let her eat it. I like it a lot better. I am even more excited that she can take bites of foods and I don't have to make them such small pieces. MIL says she chokes all the time but somehow (not really sure how) but when she isn't here she does fine and I don't have her standing over me telling me what to do everyday! Hmm....could it be I might know what I am doing?

mummysboy - Thursday, 5 Nov
happymere he really is a handsome little boy!

munchkinsmommie - Thursday, 5 Nov
happymere--he is so handsome!!!

debsandgrace - Thursday, 5 Nov
Happymere- He is so cute!Hope you all had a happy day to remember forever! I was worrying as we were leaving it so late but everytime we tried to book either the church didnt have the dates we wanted or we couldnt do the date they could. As we look after young adults with learning difficulties we had to do it during the holidays when they had gone home.

Izzyandme - Wednesday, 4 Nov
My little man still isn't walking properly either:-( still furniture cruising and going with push toys or holding my fingers. He's doing loads of other stuff though so I'm not stressing about it... Too much lol!

happymere - Wednesday, 4 Nov
Here at his baptism, my family has the best picture thouh..still haven't receive them.

happymere - Wednesday, 4 Nov
Grace looks lovely! We had our baptism the weekend before halloween. Funny how many of us had it at the same time when we think in our parent time it was about 2 -3 days after birth.

Stephanie.L. - Wednesday, 4 Nov
Oh, and my cousin didn't start walking until he was 16 months old.

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