Child development at 1.5 years

A child of 18 months is becoming more independent and sociable. He already succeeds in tying words into short phrases. The skill of walking is also improved, thanks to which the kid studies the world with great speed and great curiosity. Let's find out in more detail what has changed as the toddler grows up, what skills a 1.5-year-old child pleases parents, how to evaluate the development of a baby and how to stimulate it.

• The baby of 18 months has already ceased to waddle on straight legs, spreading his arms to the sides to maintain balance. Now the crumb makes small steps, does not plant elbows and practically does not fall. He also learned to turn while walking and avoid obstacles. As coordination improves, the baby begins to try to run.
• A child at the age of 1.5 is very sociable. He wants to take part in all the events that he sees, and also keenly interested in other people. Crumbs with pleasure playing with other children, copying their actions.
• The intellectual development of a child of 18 months is also high. The kid became smarter, learned to lay out molds and build turrets. The child succeeds in setting tasks and thinking about their implementation plan. For example, if you are going to get an apple from the shelf, the child will put a chair on the sideboard.
• The vocabulary question of a child of this age is increasing daily. Scarce utters not only simple words understandable to parents, but also babbles in his own language.
• At 1.5 years old, the child feels like a person. After realizing that the baby is able to perform many actions without help, his independence increases. The crumb tries to eat, undress, wash, carry a carriage.

Compared to indicators in 1 year a child of 18 months adds about 1300 grams and about 6-7 centimeters of height. The chest circumference during this period increases by 1.5-2 cm, and the head circumference - by 1-1.5 cm.

Average indicators of physical development, as well as the boundaries of the norms of these indicators, we presented in the table:

Diversify your day with O. Teplyakova, an expert on intellectual development, using the “Little Leonardo” method.

For a child of 18 months, it is very important to have a daily regimen, as it allows you to properly organize the wakefulness periods of the baby, ensure a good sleep for the baby and the correct diet. Children of this age sleep about 14 hours a day. Most of this time is spent on night rest (it lasts 10-11 hours), and the rest of the time the child gets enough sleep during the day.

Many babies at 1.5 years old still sleep twice during the day, with the first sleep lasting about 2 hours, and the second (afternoon) is less durable. It is at 18 months that some babies have a transition to one dream in the afternoon, lasting 2.5-3 hours.

On walks with a 1.5-year-old child is recommended to go twice a day. If the weather is good, then it is worthwhile to organize a walk so that it would have a nap (then the baby will sleep in the open air). Depending on the weather, the duration of daily walks can be 2-6 hours. It is not recommended to go for a walk if the air temperature is below -10o, a very strong wind or heavy rain is falling.

Eating a baby at the age of 1.5 years remains five times a day with intervals between feedings of up to 4 hours. Offer the crumbs food at the same time every day and do not allow very long breaks between meals. On average, 18 months old babies eat from 1000 to 1300 ml of food per day (more precisely, the daily volume can be found by dividing the baby’s weight by 9). At one meal, the child eats about 200-260 ml of food.

For many children, who were breastfed up to the age of 1.5, the weaning process begins. Doctors advise to make it gradual, then the mother’s breast and the baby’s psyche will not suffer. If the mother is still breastfeeding, she will note that during the daytime, the crumb less often remembers the breast (mostly before bedtime, after eating, after falling and in similar situations), but at night (mostly in the morning) sucks very actively.

Food one and a half year old baby is becoming more diverse. It already contains sweets, salt, fresh herbs, some spices. However, the food remains childish and differs significantly from the adult. Crumbs still can't eat fried sausagessmoked meats sausages, fatty meats, mushrooms, chocolate, exotic fruits and some other products.

Around the clock, every 1.5 years is very difficult to be with a child, so many mothers break loose. For information on how not to shout at the child, see Larisa Sviridova’s video.

Most babies in 1.5 years can:

• Walk without support. Some babies can already run and jump.
• Climb to the sofa.
• Speak up to 20-40 lite words.
• There is a spoon.
• Understand much of what an adult says (to respond to requests and questions).
• Bend over when you want to pick up a toy.
• Pull the toy tied to a string.
• Point to the item that interested him.
• Turn over the cardboard pages of children's books. Show familiar images in books.
• Climb and descend the stairs.
• Build a tower using 2-4 dice
• Throw the ball and push it with your foot.
• Drink from a cup.
• Show parts of the body.
• Independently remove shoes and coats.
• Draw with crayons and pencils.
• Some children ask for a pot.

To learn how to teach a crumb to ask for a pot, and whether it is worth worrying if a baby is not walking at 18 months, see the next video from Dr. Komarovsky.

1. For the development of logic, invite a child from a variety of different items to collect only those requested by the mother (for example, only in red or only balls).
2. Teach your baby to sort toys by color and size, as well as by shape.
3. Offer the crumbs to collect puzzles from 2 parts, as well as to make simple figures (mushroom, house) from 2-3 parts.
4. Give your child for the game frame inserts, as well as sorter. In addition, play with clothespins, locks, knockers.
5. Teach the crumbs to put together cubes of different sizes, pyramid, and build a tower of folding each other cups.
6. For the development of attention, offer the crumbs to look for a pair using lotto cards, socks or mittens for this game.
7. Offer to find an object in the room by name or by its characteristics (find soft, find blue).
8. Play hide-and-seek with your baby so that it’s easy for your child to find you.
9. Teach the child in the game properties of objects. Let the baby learns to distinguish them by size, temperature, quantity, geometric shape, color, height, softness, dryness, cleanliness and other characteristics.
10. Communicate with your baby about home, transportation, vegetation, animals, food, furniture, body parts, natural phenomena and many others.
11. In addition to drawing with crayons and markers, offer a crumbs of paint. You can draw with your fingers, sponge, brush.
12. Start learning coloring (paints are best suited for this).
13. Sculpt from dough or plasticine, making cakes and sausages. Also do with the crumbs of appliqué using torn paper or grits.
14. Offer the crumbs to string not only the pyramid rings, but also large beads.
15. When playing with water, show your baby how to collect water with a sponge, and then squeeze out a sponge.

• Get your child quality toys. They should be bright, different interesting shape and pleasant to the touch texture.
• Allocate time for the joint "reading" of books, reviewing pictures with a peanut and discussing them.
• Talk to your child often and listen carefully to his words. Ask again, and also clarify what your child said so that you can have a dialogue.
• When it is possible, give a chance to the baby to make decisions independently, for example, to choose a t-shirt for a walk.
• Always praise the baby when his attempts at something are successful, so that it stimulates the further development of the baby.

Do not forget about the development of the child in the musical sphere: conduct a lesson in the form of a musical musical, which is shown by M. L. Lazarev - an expert on musical development.