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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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hopeful29 - Wednesday, 16 Nov
I seriously check this page like at least 3 times a day to see if anyone wrote anything lol

hopeful29 - Wednesday, 16 Nov
I miss everyone and all the conversations. Where is everyone??? Hope all is okay Ruby. Cupcake still waiting to find out what you've been up to. Kathleen the book you reccommended is sold out everywhere I look! But I still keep an eye open for it. Conversations with Troy have been going better on the phone lately. He said there is a possibilty that he could be posted back in March. That made my day yesterday. I hope he isn't just saying that. I'm exhausted. I feel like I just can't catch up on sleep. I took Friday and Monday off coming up in hopes that I can get some sleep. Work is great I love my job and Keira loves daycare so much, I am so happy that everything is working out. I too am typing blind so if my message is messed up I'm sorry hopefully it makes a little sense!. Funny I was mentioning the soother and all of a sudden last night and today she wants nothing to do with it! SKeira still has bumps on her gums but nothing popped out yet. I think the gums are so tough now that it must be difficult for them to make there way out. She has one more month before I have to go see a dentist. KASH??? Where are you hun? We need an update real bad! How are you copping with the whole situation? Are things running smoother now??? Are you still losing weight? How's everyones LO's doing? Any new changes as far as walking talking etc etcf. I need you girls COME BACK!!!!!!!!

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 15 Nov
thanks for the advice ladies, I think I'll let her use it for now she even wants it in the bathtub. She was crabby this morning till she found it and now she is a happy girl...

kathleen112 - Monday, 14 Nov
Hopeful--Ben has always taken a pacifier but even more so now that he's teething. I think it must soothe their gums. I'm not even going to try and take it away from him until he's done with teething. I'm no sadist!! Btw, this site is sucking again...I'm basically typing blind!

memedawn - Monday, 14 Nov
Avery still uses her soother for naps and during the night. Occasionally she uses it at church when I need her to be quiet, but other than that, she doesn't use it.

hopeful29 - Sunday, 13 Nov
So Keira randomly picked up her soother (which she only used for like a month when she was 2 months old) and started sucking on it 2 days ago and ever since. It's weird cause she won't take it out and when I take it away she flips out. Maybe her gums are bothering her? I really am confused and it's been so quiet cause normally she babbles all the time but she is so quiet with it...Should I just get rid of it for good? Do your LO's use one? I seriously did not expect it cause she was never interested and it's been sitting around all this time.

faith-star-x - Sunday, 13 Nov
sorry they are soooo huge i did it off my phone!! Yummylou THANK YOU !! i have a page on FB T's Sparkle's :)

yummumlou - Saturday, 12 Nov
Faithstar- they are gorgeous.

faith-star-x - Friday, 11 Nov


faith-star-x - Friday, 11 Nov


faith-star-x - Friday, 11 Nov


faith-star-x - Friday, 11 Nov


faith-star-x - Friday, 11 Nov
Hello :) hope your all doing well. Hopeful THANK YOU!! I'm doing ok with it, have a lot of support so that is great, sent off my first 3 orders to my American girls yesterday !!! Will post some pics on here ...

cupcake83 - Thursday, 10 Nov
Expect u to reply either Hun!! Also my boyf is mentioning baby no 4 more and more!! Eeekk!! Any ho better go sleep or I'll be zombie mum in the morning!!!! Tumble dryer shopping tomo- exciting!! At least it's Friday tho!!! Love yas xxxxxxxx

cupcake83 - Thursday, 10 Nov
ShitBags!!! It's nearly midnight here and I'm in bed logged in here on my phone. I just wrote amassive post and something went wrong and I lost it!!!! Grrrr!!! I'll write it again in the morning! Hopeful- don't worry lovely we'll help sort your head out!!! U and I are more alike than I realised hun! Ruby- home straight girl!!!! Ur soooo close! Tomorrow I will write you a big long post about all the Silly things I have been up to - including Ollie's 2 day milk strike and nearly getting in a punch up, so that u still feel included and don't miss us too much!! I don't ex

kathleen112 - Thursday, 10 Nov
We miss you too Ruby and I'm sorry you're so uncomfortable. :-( Best of luck on an early, quick and safe delivery!!! Thinking of you.

rubylove - Wednesday, 9 Nov
hello girls!i miss you all so much, and I really want to comment on a lot fo things, but just dotn have the energy.I am 37 weeks today, and am absolutely miserable!I cant keep my eyes open,and I feel like my stomach weighs 300 pds alone, lots of pressure.My pregnancy with Ayaana was not like this, i was actually at the mall shopping the day I had her.I guess that's what i get for getting pregggers 5 mths after her. Pls pray that I have this baby asap..I just want to cry. I hope ur all doing good. tc xoxo

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
yes I am all over the place...story of my life......

kathleen112 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
Girl, you're all over the place! Lol. Not that I blame you AT ALL. It just seems a little counterintuitive to be thinking about breaking up on one hand and wanting another baby on the other. But like I said, no judegement. We women are complex creatures!!! Lol. Kash--sorry he's being a douche, and you're absolutely right that if he forces you to go to court he won't be happy with the results. Hopefully it won't come to that.

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
I just had a small panic attack and it wasn't how I ever expected to react. DH texted that he was getting fixed the 4th of Jan...maybe I do want another one...I mean not for awhile but to not even have that option made me really upset...hmmmm

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 8 Nov
Lol Kash I don't take offense to what anyone says thats why I put it out there cause I'm looking for everyone's advice and matter of fact you are probably right.

kashsmommy - Monday, 7 Nov
Hopeful...I feel like you know me well enough to not take offense to what I'm about to say and I truly hope I'm right...would it really only take a phone call to mKe you happy or would the simple phone call get pushed to the wayside and replaced with irritation regarding something else? I know, for me personally, I say 'oh all it would take is...to make me happy!' but I'm learning more about myself and I realize how untrue that statement can be and usually is. When I'm fed up with someone's crap every single thing they do gets on my damn nerves!!! And nothing they do is right. I realized that when I get to that point there's no coming back for me. Of course, it takes a long time to get me to that point, but when I get there it's probably best to run because I go through my personal stages of grief VERY quickly. I feel hurt and sadness for a short period, then I just don't care for an even shorter period of time and then anger sets in. Anger sticks around for the longest and it gets worse as the days go on. I truly hope that you handle things differently than I do and that in this time apart you reflect on what's real and what isn't. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder but when you have a baby to take care of your feelings get pushed to the side.

hopeful29 - Monday, 7 Nov
Kash sry to hear and he is dumb to think court will go his way. Hopefully he'll get his head out of his ass soon and smarten up. And I will post pics if it makes it's way through...still might take a few months I'm sure lol Kathleen he isn't on the same page at all. He doesn't want this to end and just figures it must be a rough patch......I'm not so sure.We've been married for 3 years together for 6 and I've known him for 12 years... I just need some time to reflect and put serious thought into everything, and of course I have the time to do that seeing as he isn't here! It's funny I was going to apologize to him for some of the stuff I aid when he was here, and he was suppose to call...when it started getting late I texted him asking if he was working late and he responded that he was out shopping and he'd call me in a bit....then an hour went by so I texted asking if he was in traffic or what and he texted back that he was working on his buddies car....then I just got pissed again realizing that he is putting everything more of a priority knowing that the tim change etc plays a factor...So now I have my phone off cause I know if he calls I'll just get pissed at him. I might sound petty and ridiculously immature but I don't ask for much, a simple phone call before you get into doing everything else would mean a lot. GRRR men are so frustrating.

lasal - Monday, 7 Nov
Ethan is getting in his back teeth and it hasn't been a good time...for anybody!!

kashsmommy - Monday, 7 Nov
Hopeful...things are definitely not going smoothly. He's try to intimidate me into giving him 50/50 custody in the form of 7days with him and 7 with me or 4 days, me 4 days, him 3, me 3. Oh and he wants me to agree to $60 a week for child support...these are my options or we go to court. I want to avoid court for the simple fact that there's no way of being civil after it. But I'm also not going to let him screw me or with Cole's schedule. He really seems to think that a judge would take a 1 year old little boy from his mother for that long of a time frame and that he'll have to pay less child support by going to court lol! I just wish he'd be realistic and rational instead of just plain ole spiteful. Sorry to hear about your situation! Things will work our the way they should...just gotta have faith! And I do not believe that Keira may be getting a tooth lol! I need pictures as proof haha!

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