Parents of toddlers must act as the grand marshals of a parade. Noisy exhibitions of exuberant fury must somehow be channeled and controlled. Toddlers need rules to follow, just as marching bands in...
Common concerns
Toilet training Successful potty training is probably the most significant and potentially stressful task facing a toddler. Knowing exactly what your toddler must learn will increase your...
Health and safety
Accidents One function of parents is to prevent their children from hurting themselves in a dangerous world. A toddler's all-embracing habit of getting into everything needs its rightful outlets,...
The toddler’s education
Toddlers at play are really at work coping with their environment. They think they have complete control, but they learn that many things are immovable (walks, trees, cement). They also learn that...
Typical day
Most toddlers seem to be early risers. It may be because of wet diapers, a full blad der, hunger, or just because they want to get on with the joyful business of living. Most children are very...
Parent vs. toddler
Toddlers constantly play games in which they test the physical properties of their environment. They confirm the law of gravity, the stickiness of juice, the wetness of water, and the heat of flame....
Growth
A toddler grows more slowly than a new baby. Most girls at 18 months have acquired about half of their adult height. Boys at age 2 are about halfway there. Body length increases in the second year...
Motor abilities and development
Keep in mind that no child can perform a task until the part of the nervous system responsible for its performance is sufficiently developed. Pushing children beyond their physical and mental...
Portrait of the toddler
Toddlers "toddle" for only a few weeks. By the time they are 18 months old, they are running, dashing, plummeting headlong into their environment---testing, tasting, clawing, groping, eyeballing,...
The Toddler: 18 months to 3 years
For months you have been saying, "I can't wait until my baby can walk." "I can't wait until my baby can talk." And suddenly---your baby can! Suddenly, your baby is a toddler---a walking, talking,...
