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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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MaryJanowiecki - 4.6 hours ago
Sometimes I forget what month to click when I'm going to this page. I can't believe my son is almost 20 months l0l

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Crazyeights! I was JUST thinking about you! We've missed you! What the heck is super couponing?

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Ladies, I changed my e mail address in the original post about sending letters of support to Noah's Mom. If you already sent something to the previous e-mail address, that's fine! I'll still get it. I'd just like to use the new one from now on. ;-)

crazyeights - Friday, 6 Nov
Hi mommas. Between Facebook and Super Couponing, I never get on here anymore. I looked at my page and got all sad. I can't believe Nathan is already 20 months old. I know no one on that page. :( Just wanted to say hello. I know most of you are on FB but checkin in anyway. Have a great night.

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Awesome ladies!! Keep the e-mails coming! ;-) I think Noah's mom will really appreciate the support from other mothers in dealing with the devastation of her son battling cancer. I can't even imagine! (The letters don't have to be long, even a few quick words will be nice. If you'd like to write something, do it before the weekend gets too busy!)

bluebeanz - Friday, 6 Nov
All of you ladies are the reason I keep coming back to this site. You are all so supportive! Look at how everyone is rallying behind Avo! Avo- I completely agree with everyone. You are a great mom. And I think sometimes you need to give yourself credit for the things you do! Stop focusing on what you think your shortcomings are. We are our own worst enemy. We often expect so much more out of ourselves than we would a best friend or someone else. You are only human and you are about to go through 2 major life changes (a new baby & a big move). Plus you have a busy toddler on your hands... of course you are tired. Try to take a few hours to yourself to do some pampering. It will help. Hugs!

Mary- That video of Jackson is cute! It's so funny, at this age you can teach them to say anything! lol.

Jessica- I never really noticed! lol. But I will have to check it out tomorrow.. I'm curious now. hahaha.

ladobruk - Friday, 6 Nov
Jessica, Shay chews both ways depending on the food.

ladobruk - Friday, 6 Nov
What a cute video Mary, I love that he kissed the camera!

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Hey Ladies, I just got an idea while I was cooking dinner and thinking about that little boy Noah and his family. I know that he is getting a Ga-Zillion letters from people and that is so great! He's getting one from Summer too! ;-) But I was thinking about his mother Diana, she seemed so strong in that video. I don't know how she does it! Then I was thinking about what a great support group we are on here as mothers. So, I'm contacting all the mother's I know to see if they want to write something to Noah's mom to offer support, prayers, kind words, etc. and I'll just have everyone send it to me in an e mail then I'll print everything up and mail it all to her. It might be nice to hear from other mothers at such a hard time. If you'd like to write something for Noah's mom Diana, e-mail me with your note and put in the subject line "For Noah's Mom" so I can find it on my e-mail, and I'll make a little care package of letters for her. I don't know why this story has touched me so much, but it just has and I feel like I need to do something. I'm putting my e mail on here. I probably shouldn't, haha, but I get a ton of junk mail anyway. This will be easier anyway for everyone who wants to be involved. We are having company this weekend, so I'll probably get around to printing everything up and getting it ready to mail by Tuesday. So if you want to do it, send me something before Tuesday. cococana@verizon.net

jessicadarling - Friday, 6 Nov
Random question for you ladies. Do your kids chew with their mouths open or closed? I never noticed before until I started babysitting a little boy the same age as Devyn and he is a total lip smacker and chews with his mouth open and Devyn always chews with her mouth closed. Just wondering what's more normal at this age

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Oh my gosh! I'm in tears about that little boy Noah! Check out this web site to view a video of him! It's so sweet!! When Summer gets up from her nap I'm gonna have her color a card for him with stickers.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/21525126/index.html

ladobruk - Friday, 6 Nov
Mayasmommy – Dorothy! Kinda sad I know this off the top of my head...la, la, lala Sounds like a blast KB! Have fun.

1blessedmomma - Friday, 6 Nov
ok, wow! That was really long! hahaha!!!

1blessedmomma - Friday, 6 Nov
so much to comment on!!~~~~~milk before bed... They say if you can't sleep drink a warm cup of milk and I think it's a great way to get ready for bed. Abe doesn't like plain milk so he gets a little squirt of strawberry syrup in his and he LOVES it! We then brush his teeth and off to bed he goes. I think it's just a nice ritual before bed and if your lo doesn't do that and doesn't care, I wouldn't worry. I really wouldn't even worry about the 4am cup of milk. Seems to me, in the scheme of life, there are so many more important things to worry about. I think it was TraciW that said it best about teeth. You can have really great teeth and only brush 1x a day. Teeth are partly genetic I think and if you're destined for bad teeth, it won't matter how much you brush so for peace of mind Jo you could try a sip or 2 of water after her milk or you could just not worry about it. Also with the whole ammt of milk , I'm sure it's to make sure they're getting most of their calories from food not milk. Plus too much milk can give you stones. (what kind I'm not sure right now but I know I've read that somewhere and it could be calcium in general so if you're drinking 24oz of milk plus having yogurt and cheese and calcium loaded veggies...IDK) ~~~~~Abe only weighed 25lbs at his 18mos appt. and was 33 or 34inches tall so I think those charts are geared toward overweight kids so if you're kids on the lower end, then they're probably better off. Example--oldest dd is 10yrs old and weighs 65lbs. she's VERY low on the chart. I believe it's because lots of 10yo girls are overweight so charting her with the same group of girls makes her look too small. The girls all muscle and is EXTREMELY strong so I'm not in any way concerned. All that said, I don't really pay a lot of attention to those charts because you could be considered overweight according to your BMI but actually weigh a lot because of your muscle (which weighs more than fat). Don't let those charts give you any worry at all as long as you think your lo is doing well.~~~about teethbrushing, some nights it barely gets done cuz he refuses to open his mouth, and other's I lay him down on the bed and hold his mouth open because I know he needs it and I'm not too tired to fight! hahaha!! If you're concerned, you could ask the pede or dentist for some tips and see what they say. If anyone gets any good ones, please do share ;-)~~~~Avo:--It's almost over hun!! Don't let these next weeks go by in a funk and not enjoy the feel of baby moving, or the time you're getting alone with Noelle. 7wks will pass like nobody's business.~~~kb:--have fun!! I'm doing a girls night out with old school friends next fri and really looking forward to hanging out with the girls!

mayasmommy - Friday, 6 Nov
Haha Colls! Ya, 5 is too old. Suzi, I'll send a card as well. That is heart breaking. How do parents move on when they lose a child? What's Elmo's gold fish's name? Does it have a name? I'll have to google it...

Karina - Friday, 6 Nov
Hi! Girls, I haven't been here as often as I used to, my lil business is keeping bussy (thank God), but I just read what happened to Avo, and I say, what? a bad mom? no way! you are a GREAT mom, and to your sister and hubby I'll say, shame on you! how they dare to disrupt a preggo mom, specially in her last trimestrer, hang in there! vent as much as you want, we are all here for u...hugs!

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Mary, that video is sooooo cute!! Summer was watching it with me and was saying 'uh oh' and 'baby' along with Jackson! haha! Now THAT would be a funny video to take, haha! Summer calls Grandpa 'Baba' too.

collsbaby - Friday, 6 Nov
Mayas~if it makes you feel any better, my niece will be 4 in Jan and she still drinks milk from a bottle in the mornings and before bed. She's also not potty trained and had to miss out on starting pre school in Sept because of it. It's not entirely the fault of my bro & sis-in-law because the grandma watches her full time and has already said that she's not interested in potty training her. So during the week days she's in a diaper then at night and on weekends she's expected to use the potty. I wish the grandma would help out more in that area, but now she has a new granddaughter she watches who is 1 and she gets all the attention. So anyway, I guess my point is don't worry too much about trying to justify why Ian still has a bottle. He needs fluids when he is sick, that's more important right now. It's not like he's gonna start kindergarden with a bottle. And if he does, well then we'll give you a bunch of crap for it then, haha! OH, and I saw a kid about 5 years old the other day at Walmart (which I HATE that store btw!), anyway, this kid was sucking on a binki! So, yea.. 5 is too old for a binki in my book.

Jo-Mama - Friday, 6 Nov
Cute video Mary. I can never get video of Malone because as soon as she sees the camera she yells, 'Cheese!' and runs over to see herself on the back. Then when I don't give her the camera she pitches a fit. So all of our videos are super cute for the first 10 seconds, then they turn to chaos.
Traci - It was so funny. I read your comment yesterday and thought, 'Yeah, right. Just take it away. She doesn't know my kid and she's crazy to think that'll work'. So this morning, Malone woke at 3:30 (good god) and I figured I'd just give the no milk idea a whirl (even though I had the milk next to the bed). So she says, 'Milk' and I said, 'Milk is for mornings and it's still night time' and she just says, 'OK'. Oh my god. Then she slept until 7. So Traci - thanks! Sorry I originally doubted you!

Avocat29 - Friday, 6 Nov
Thanks girls. Still feeling super emotional and this morning things were weird with my sister...oh well, who cares, I'm over it...I couldn't sleep last night at all...I just want this little guy out safe and I want the move to go well and I want work to be DONE. Only 3 more weeks and all of this will happen...can't WAIT!!---------------------- KB, have an AMAZING time. Can't wait to see pics of debauchery on FB!!! --------------- Jo et al re: milk before bed etc. I can't offer any advice as we just don't have that issue. Am I weird or is it ok that she just eats her dinner, with water, and then that's it until the next day?!? She's never asked for milk or water before bed and she sleeps the whole night...I feel like it's just one of those things we skipped, like using a soother or a bottle...anyway, just going at it from an intellecutal level, I would think replacing w/ water is good. ---------------- Mayas, don't sweat the teeth brushing...it could just be a phase...I would let it go and try again later. We had a teeth-brushing revolt on our hands as well so we stopped for a few days. Then we tried to get her to brush her ducky's teeth and then gave her the - ahem - DORA toothbrush and she actually does a pretty good job herself. DH assists w/ the missed teeth but honestly, I don't think it's a huge deal, just try again later.

ladobruk - Friday, 6 Nov
Oh Suzi, that brings tears to my eyes. I am definitely sending a card today. Doesn’t seem like a hoax and if it is it would be a silly one and it is just a card so who cares. The cynic in me checked snopes.com which had his direct address. I hope it makes it to him. Maybe he will think it is cool to get one from another Country...even if it just Canada. :)

suzi - Friday, 6 Nov
Noah who is in his final stages of a 2 & a half yr battle with Neurobastoma Cancer. His family is celebrating his last Christmas early & doing it next week & his wish is to get lots of Christmas cards from people. Please send cards to: Noah Biorkman 1141 Fountain View Circle, South Lion, MI 48178. Please do this.. & pass it alonghttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com%2FNoah%2BBiorkman%2Farticles%2FbJCw9GM08Eq%2FNoah%2BBiorkman%2BDying%2B5%2BYear%2BOld%2BGets%2BEarly&h=c297d6f61fe5b7df2ee5ba9498af3ada

mayasmommy - Friday, 6 Nov
Avo, I agree with everyone else, you're great! I imagine you are feeling the effects of being a working mom to an 18 month old while being in your last trimester. That is a lot to manage every day. As scary as it was to have Ian at 32 weeks there was a big part of me that felt relieved because the pregnancy was OVER. Hang in there, the thing with your sister will blow over and same with hubby. I don't know what they said to make you so upset, but don't they know not to mess with a pregnant woman!

Ian is very resistent to teeth brushing; he screams, clamps his mouth shut, it is a huge, full on wrestling match at this point. We have tried every trick in the book and he does not want us in his mouth, plain and simple. It stresses me out. He's going to have black nubs.

Ian still gets two bottles of milk a day (14 ounces total) Yes, I am very bad. I don't want to wean him until cold and flu season is over because he is so in love with his baba and will drink ample fluids if it comes from there when he's sick, which is pretty much all the time. I don't want to get into a situation this winter where he is sick and won't drink enough fluids. We'll wean him off the baba in the spring. He doesn't drink his bottle in bed or run around with it. See, I have it all justified! It's our dirty little secret.

On another note, I love when Ian says "I love you". It sounds like "YI YUV YU". SOOOOOOO cute! OH, and I got Ian a goldfish this morning. I think he'll really like it. He loves to watch the deer in our backyard, the birds in our feeder, and the snakes in the grass...he just seems to love nature, so I figure he'll like a fish, especially the ritual of feeding it each day.

kbpc3949 - Friday, 6 Nov
**hugs**Avo....cute video Mary! Well, I am still not worried about the milk consumption b/c my child continues to be a HOG. Right before bed he really likes to guzzle a cup and sometimes a cup and a half. I admit, once teeth are brushed, no more milk. So its really the final thing before he goes to bed. Jo-I would try a cup of water in the middle of the night...On a personal note, I am headed to Chicago today at noon for a girl's weekend! Yehaw for me!

MaryJanowiecki - Friday, 6 Nov
Sorry I switched the video I hope it works now :)

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