Remember, this booklet describes a typical child at each age. Each child is special and each child develops at his or her own pace. Perfectly normal children may do things earlier or later than those described in this booklet. If you are concerned about your child s development, see your doctor. Special Toy or Blanket Lots of children have special blankets, teddy bears or toys.
Some children take up with the strangest things.
They claim them and call them their own forever, or at least until someone makes fun of them. The most common favorite object is a blanket. Your little one may appear every morning with one thumb in the mouth and the other hand clutching a ratty, tattered blanket. There are some stories about security blankets that would truly surprise you. Yet that blanket or teddy bear or toy represents a friend who has shared your child s life through thick and thin, in sickness and health, in good times and bad.