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Every child develops differently and learns new skills at their own individual pace. The average age for a child to begin talking is anywhere from 8-24 months. Continue to foster a love for learning and expose your child to learning experiences. Reading to your child several times throughout the day will increase their vocabulary. Children naturally enjoy learning and you can help them by not pushing or criticizing your child. As easy as it is, try not to compare your child to other children. More than likely, your child enjoys saying `no`. She can follow simple directions and enjoys naming objects that she sees in pictures and books.

During mealtime, expect a mess with your nineteen month old. Although she is doing better, she still does not have enough control to completely eliminate a mess. If you are worried about the mess on the floor, place a sheet on the floor under the highchair. You can shake it out after each meal and wash it when it becomes dirty. Bowls with sides make eating easier because she can push the foods against the sides. A spoon with a chunky short handle will be the easiest for your child's small hands. Serving your child's food at the same time the rest of the family is eating will help establish a mealtime schedule. Your toddler will also see how you eat and will begin to develop table manners.

Your child may have a security blanket, stuffed animal or other object. Many children claim objects and hold possession to their favorite item for a long time-usually until someone makes fun of them later in life. For many children, their security item offers a `friend` and they share everything together. Some children are not able to leave their security item at home when they go somewhere. You dot need to take the item away or make fun of your child. Allow your child to enjoy his `friend` and with time he will realize that the item can not solve any of his problems.

Your child learns by imitating what you do. If you don't want your child standing on chairs, don't let him see you do it. However, if you show respect and love for others, he will too. Enjoy your toddler during this time. Of course some days are better than others, but every day offers new chances for learning.

Developmental Milestones - 19 Months Old

Physical

• Runs
• Can kick a ball
• Can throw a ball
• Tries to catch
• Likes to dance
• Likes to swing

Intellectual

• Likes to say `no`
• Follows simple directions
• May point to body parts
• Learning new words
• May imitate animal sounds
• Enjoys dressing up
• Can brush teeth

Emotional

• Likes to cuddle
• Prefers to play with adults over other children
• May have a security blanket or toy

Age Appropriate Toys

• Books
• Musical instruments
• Building materials
• Art supplies
• Pretend play
• Dress up clothes
• Balls
• Ride on toys
• Interactive educational toys
• Dolls
• Cars and trucks
• Outdoor play toy

Comments:

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time4siblings4alexia - Tuesday, 24 Jan
My Somara is 19 mos but nobody is in here!

mrsjmickens1 - Friday, 7 Oct
jolies first dentist appt this morning! hope it goes well!!! she has a little milk buildup on her bottom teeth

mrsjmickens1 - Monday, 3 Oct
my booboo has her 1st dentist appt on friday!!! she is 33' and 28lbs. got 3 shots last friday and didnt even cry!! what a big girl i cant bleieve she was only 5lbs when she was born.......

jwalden - Thursday, 29 Sep
Thank you Luv for the advice. I've also found that it is usually when I need him to stop what he is doing so that we can take care of it and of course no toddler likes to be told what to do. HAHA. The ladies at daycare actually commented to me one time about how they enjoyed when it was time to change his diaper because he laughed the whole time. I couldn't believe we were talking about the same kid! I guess it just proves that they are always better for others then they are for us.

Luv2Bamama - Thursday, 29 Sep
Karen; WHAT GREAT NEWS! I’m so glad the appointment went smoothly and the specialists are not concerned about Emmett’s development. What a weight to have lifted from your back. Congratulations! Jwalden, I’ve found that if I initiate a diaper change it is a long battle, but if she initiates the change it goes smoothly. Our daycare person said all she needs to do is get out the wipes/diaper and princess lays down on the ground where ever she is for the event (lucky duck). I’m actually also noticing that she does better if I ask her to “lay on your back” and just do the changing on the floor (since she has control over where/when she lays down) rather than try to do it on the changing table.

lillhill79 - Thursday, 29 Sep
So once again I'm up for mother of the year award. This past week or so DH and I have been working really hard to help Cort get over her case of the 'mommies' We've been doing a lot of tough love even though it breaks my heart to hear her crying for me with such desperation in her voice. So this morning she was really fussy again, and then started really digging at her ear saying 'ouchy ear!' over and over again. Sure enough, she has an ear infection and her tube was completely clogged again - hince me not seeing any drainage. Poor cookie - here she was in pain all week just wanting comfort from me and I've been giving her the cold shoulder telling her to stop crying so much. I feel horrible.

lillhill79 - Thursday, 29 Sep
Yeah for baby E! May things continue to develop nicely and he'll get stronger by the day!

gretch - Thursday, 29 Sep
Fab news, Karen. Great day for your family!

jwalden - Thursday, 29 Sep
Karen- wonderful news! I'm so happy for you and your family and thank you for the tips. We'll try and see how it goes.

jwalden - Wednesday, 28 Sep
DOes anyone have issues when changing diapers or getting their little ones dressed? Have you come up with any ways to make this more pleasurable for both child and parent. This morning Jack screamed to the point of throwing up. It only takes a few tminutes but between kicking, screaming, and throwing himself around it takes a long time.

lillhill79 - Tuesday, 27 Sep
Karen - no we don't nibble on her toes or any body part - we learned that lesson with our older DD. It was the weirdest thing - I think her teeth are just really hurting, I did see her bite her stuffed elephant earlier in the evening, but didn't say anything bc it wasn't hurting anyone. Poor little thing is so attached to her mommy, it totally broke her heart when I scolded her, which in turn broke my heart. I wonder how she's going to do with out me for 4 days starting next week. It could make things better or worse.

lillhill79 - Tuesday, 27 Sep
Last night, once again, I was reminded how sensitive and what a tender heart Cortlyn is. We were sitting on the couch and for some unknown reason, she leaned over and bit me on my toe (she's not a biter) so I scolded her telling her we don't bite. She completely melted down crying and then for the rest of the night she'd walk around saying 'sorry mommy, no no bite' over and over again with tears in her eyes. Poor little cookie, she gets her feelings hurt so easy. I hope she toughens up a little or she's gonna have a life time of heartbreak.

lillhill79 - Monday, 26 Sep
Karen - from the sounds of it, he could have had a bad dream. In kids this age they should go into their REM cycle about 90-120 minutes after they fall asleep and then every 90 minutes the rest of the night. That would exoplain the first awakening. Could there also be something else going on to cause the rest of the night awakenings? Eye teeth, getting sick? Cort has started crying anytime I tell her it's time for bed (nap time too) but it doesn't last too long - but she's crying out in the night again - I'm chalking it up to her teeth hurting.

gretch - Sunday, 25 Sep
Karen - Rory is doing the same and I am attributing it to change of routine- deep sixing the dreaded Binky. It is coinciding with a desire to be with Mother...at all times. It has also coincided with full blown shrieking tantrums. Exhausting. When he is good, he is very very good. When he is bad it is horrid.

jwalden - Friday, 23 Sep
Jack is going to be an owl this year. I haven't started on it yet though and time is passing me by- and I better get to sewing. He was a turkey last year and that costume would probably still fit and its looking pretty tempting to just reuse it.

mrsjmickens1 - Thursday, 22 Sep
hi everyone just checking in! i love this age jolie is such a ham. i would love another one just like her even though my pregnancy was really rough. i see yall are discussing finances. i have 2 teenaged stepsons and to me they are WAY more expensive then my daughter ever has been even with diapers and formula. so i say to yall if you want another one do it now while there young so you have time to saave for when they are teens and picky and expensive. lol

gretch - Thursday, 22 Sep
amen. The daycare ladies and my cleaners are my extended family and I treat them accordingly. They are lifelines. No one in my family lives on the east coast. I am in GA and they are in CA or AZ. If I didn't have this paid for network, I don't know what I would do. One of us would have to stop working and a further ratcheting down of expenses wouls have to occur. Scary in these fragile economic times. Also, not one of my friends has a kid under 13.

Luv2Bamama - Thursday, 22 Sep
My husband and I frequently watch the TLC show “Sister Wives” and I have been joking about the need to pick one up for our house! From a “create an extended family”, built in support network and take care of the house/children etc. it makes perfect sense! There may be some <> with the arrangement on many other levels (ha, ha). Karen, I agree, it is sad that it does play a factor in many responsible parent’s decision, or that it DOESN’T play a role in other peoples decisions, when maybe it should. Now that families don’t live on the same property or same state, much of the backup support families use to give one another are no longer and the dynamics of family have changed.

Luv2Bamama - Thursday, 22 Sep
Lil—Funny you should mention about being home 24/7 with the kids; I’ve actually told my husband that when we do decide to have the next one, if Colleen is still in daycare, I fully plan to have her go at least 3 times/week if not full time….not because I don’t think I could handle it, but rather it would be messing with her routine. It would only be for 4 months so why rock her world with a new sibling she has to share me with, get her use to mom being home, and then put her back in daycare? Besides, how much fun is it for princess to watch me nurse day and night…I mean really, she would have more fun at daycare!

gretch - Thursday, 22 Sep
I thought the CNN piece was interesting. Our little family has had to make alot of choices. When I got married at 44 to a guy who had a vasectomy, we were certain a child was not possible. We chose to maintain two houses - one in the city and one in the country. We each came into the marriage with a house that we cannot sell without taking a big hit. We are getting the city twonhouse ready to rent, and finished the basement in the other house so it is child friendly for bad weather and indoor play space ($25K). I am planning on refinancing the city house so hopefully between renter and reduced mortgage I can pay back the basement in a couple years then get some positive cash flow. A savings over all in the housing department over 18 years. I pay $9000 a year in child care. This is an upper midrange franchise daycare. Good quality. But that for five years is 45K. After school stuff after Rory starts Kindergarten will be less but at least half and six or so years of that would be another 27K. I think they understated childcare massively for folks who live in a city. We will have a bigger commute and two cars are a necessity for most days so gas is pobably right for us. I have massively cut back on eating out so food may be a savings. Another kid would probably make one of us stay at home and the other get a bigger job. But me thinks my biological clock has ticked the last tock. Nevertheless, we had to make massive changes to better afford our child and maintain the status quo job wise. Actually, not quite true. I went part time after Rory was born (24 hrs - huge cut in pay) and am just going back full time. So lost earnings was well over 100K todate. Will not recover that but I wanted to spend time with my boy.

lillhill79 - Thursday, 22 Sep
In my DH's mind, finances are a huge part of whether or not we'll have a 3rd. Not because we don't have the room in our house, that's not an issue. We would however need a bigger car. There's no way we could fit 3 carseats side by side in my car. And my oldest DD is tiny so weight wise she's gonna be in a carseat for a while. We joke that by today's laws I would have still been in a car seat when I started driving. :) We also have 529 college plans established for each girl and input the max allowed so if we do that for a 3rd that's that much more a year coming out. The last financial side is that if we had a 3rd in daycare, either I'd have to stop putting money in my 401K or literally I'd be paying them to work, but even if I got pg now (NO plans of that!) we'd only have about a year of 3 in daycare before DD starts school. For me, the decision isn't financial hardly at all, it's more of can I handle 3 kids. DH travels about 70% of the time for his work so most of the care falls on my shoulders. And since the girls go to daycare at the hospital I work at, if I'm off for maternity leave, they can't go to school. That would mean a 4 year old, 2 year old and a newborn all at home with me 24/7. I know a lot of women do it, but I'm just not built to stay at home with the kiddos. The other thing I battle with is that Cort is SUCH a mama's girl and a tender heart. And dang it, with these stupid eye teeth it's made it even worse. Huge melt downs if she's not with her mommy. Last night she even pushed her older sister and said 'my mommy'. Yeah, not ok. So on one hand, she's still such my baby, but on the other, would it be good for her to have to share me more? Anyway, basically it comes down to I don't want to make the decision. If by chance I was to get pg, I'd be perfectly fine with it, it was meant to be, but if I have to make the decision, I'm still leaning towards the fact we're done - but it's fun to still think what if...

Luv2Bamama - Wednesday, 21 Sep
Karen, I totally agree that kids are worth every cent! I also agree that the prices are a bit inflated, unless perhaps they are presuming that you will buy your kids cars when they turn 16, or that you change your vehicle every time you have a kid. Granted, we did recently purchase a new car that would grow with our family, only because my 260k+ mile 1989 Corolla was on its last legs. Besides, that has been in the works even BEFORE kids, we just chose to get a 6 passenger car (Mazda5) instead of the 5 passenger Subaru Outback we looked at before we got pregnant. We are still using our 1986 Nissan with no plans to upgrade for at least another 5 years—again not due to kids, but the age of the car. Same with the house; there is no rule that says each kid needs their own bedroom! It is sad finances are part of the discussion, but if it is the difference of waiting a few more years until our first is in school before more, or potentially having to pick up second jobs, we may just wait—but still worth EVERY effort and dime put out.

Luv2Bamama - Wednesday, 21 Sep
Funny this should come out the day after fretting about the costs of raising kids…I still think this is a little high! http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/21/pf/cost_raising_child/index.htm?source=cnn_bin

jwalden - Tuesday, 20 Sep
Luv- I'm in the same boat. I worry about the cost of another child, especially with daycare- but we would love to have more children and time is definitely moving quickly. I'm not sure how we could afford 2 in daycare but....I'm always told that you can add more water to the soup and make it stretch. I say just go for it. Hopefully we'll be right there along with you. Life is too short and these kids bring so much joy.

Luv2Bamama - Tuesday, 20 Sep
Ok; so struggling with the idea of trying for another little one. We know we want 3 or 4, and my little eggies aren’t getting any younger, BUT; I’m starting to wonder if we should wait a little longer. Husband is ready for another any time, and I was really thinking that we would try later this year, or early next year, but now I’m freaking out about a second daycare bill on top of our already TIGHT finances. I just don’t know how we would be able to swing that? I know we would “make it work”…I’m just not sure how! But then I think about waiting and wonder if I would have the energy in 4 years to deal with a newborn. I have a friend who’s daughter is 3 months younger than ours and she just found out she is pregnant, and it makes me want another one right away, but then the financial side of me says no…I know we’ve had this discussion a lot, but I’m looking for any additional thoughts on the subject.

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