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Toddler
* All toddlers bang their heads either by falling or walking into things
  - fall, and fall frequently
* Create a loving, supportive, and affirming atmosphere for children.
* Drinking a warm glass of milk before bedtime time-tested way to fall asleep.
* Many toddlers are picky eaters and have a decreased appetite.
* Many toddlers bite because they're unable to express their needs verbally
  - once, learn that biting is wrong, and never do it again
  - feel uneasy about even slight changes in familiar people or objects
  - like to help prepare meals and enjoy eating what they have made
  - now take part with their parents in gym programs designed for very young children
* Most toddlers eat good meals
  - find it hard to sit still for more than a few seconds, let alone three minutes
* Most toddlers have bedtime routine
  - good bedtime routine
  - limited language and limited capacity to control their impulses
  - increase food intake
* Most toddlers love to help their parents
  - pretend to drive cars, trains, trucks and buses
* Most toddlers play alone
  - games
  - take steps
  - understand more words than they can say
* Reading stories before bed makes a good transition between active play and restful time.
* Some toddlers bite to see what reaction they receive
  - die after fathers
  - drink from a bottle longer than others
  - encourage development
  - explore with their mouths
  - fall asleep only when nursed to sleep
  - feel discomfort sleeping with a nappy
  - find toys to put up to their necks so they can pretend to talk like their loved one
  - get very active
* Some toddlers have accommodative esotropia
  - asthma
  - learn new words and phrases rapidly
  - live in areas
  - start talking when they're a year old
  - still use pacifiers and bottles to hold on to infancy a little longer
* also develop small-motor skills as they help with cooking
  - have very few problem-solving skills
  - respond by trying to help or comfort the teddy-bear
* are accustomed to exploring with their mouths
  - active and curious people
  - among the most difficult age group to control
  - approximately ten inches tall and babies are eight inches tall
* are at different levels in language development
  - greater risk of injury from window-related falls
* are at greatest risk of scalds as they begin to walk, climb, and reach
  - as they start to walk, climb and reach
  - special risk because they love to explore and put what they find in their mouths
  - the stage of discovery in their lives
  - capable of much more complex play
* are curious about everything, including their bodies
  - the bodies of their parents and other children
  - eager learners who energetically interact with materials and people
  - emotional and physical sponges
  - experimenters
  - extremely curious as they explore their environment
  - great experimenters, wanting to learn about human emotions and psychology
  - incapable of understanding reason
  - inquisitive and impulsive and lack a realistic sense of danger
  - interested in anything that deals with self
  - learning to have an impact on their world and biting definitely has an impact
  - masters at using their imaginations, especially when pretending to fly
* are more aware of their individuality and more able to do things for themselves
  - complicated than infants
  - naturally curious about other people using the bathroom
* are notoriously picky eaters
  - poor eaters in terms of variety and quantity
* are often afraid of sirens, barking dogs, vacuum cleaners and thunder
  - too young to fully grasp the change that is about to happen to their family
  - on the same eye level and stare
  - pretty much without empathy for other creatures, even other people
  - prone to injury from falls
  - smarter than most adults think, and they have powerful radar for negative feelings
* are usually happy to have a baby brother or sister
  - very active and get enough exercise by playing
* are very attached to their caregivers
  - concerned with their own needs and ideas
  - interested in toys that they can ride, push or pull
* ask and answer simple questions.
* associate their genitals with what happens when they have bowel movements or urinate.
* become more slender, a trend that continues into middle childhood
  - very protective of their bodies and fear being handled by strangers
* begin to develop impulse control
  - enjoy make-believe play just before their second birthdays
* biting most distressing problem for parents and childcare workers.
* can accidentally provoke even the most docile dogs by their unpredictable behavior.
* can be difficult to keep up with, and hard to keep safe
  - finicky eaters
  - begin to recognize basic letters and numbers
  - drown in a small amount of water
  - follow along and learn the different parts of the body
  - get a second degree burn with blisters in just a couple of seconds
  - handle only one change at a time
* can help by putting their toys into their toy box each night
  - wash vegetables and fruits, as well as stir things into bowls
* can learn the difference between happy and sad
  - to feed themselves
  - mimic actions they see in a book, such as throwing a ball or hopping
  - play musical notes, animal sounds or a complete song with just the press of a button
  - practice their emerging hand-eye coordination while they play on their own
  - press buttons to make the toy work themselves
  - pull hot food off a table or touch a hot stove while they are trying to walk
  - spill hot liquids by pulling at tablecloths, pot handles, and cooking appliance cords
  - splash around in shallow adjacent streams
  - steady themselves as they learn to stand and walk
  - switch from formula or breast milk to two cups of whole milk each day
  - too easily topple and cut themselves on sharp edges
* can understand a great deal more than they can express
  - many more words than they can say
  - walk behind objects, like toy shopping carts
* control very few things in their environment.
* cry more and become clingy.
* do singing, arts and crafts, dancing.
* eat anything that tastes good, but older children refuse many foods
  - little relative to parental expectations
  - small amounts throughout the day
* enjoy books about animals, the alphabet, and children their age
  - crawling inside big boxes
  - exploring and learning about their physical surroundings
  - having the control of feeding themselves with finger foods
  - looking at picture books, turning pages, and naming objects they see
  - playing with building blocks
* experience the world with constant joy and exuberance.
* explore their environments and are very active
  - world by putting things in their mouths
* express their anger by biting rather than by verbal communication.
* feel a sense of mastery in familiar things
  - more secure when they can check in occasionally with an adult they know
* function best when they can snack frequently throughout the day.
* get it in their hair
  - many bruises on their arms and legs
* grow quickly.
* grow, change and learn differently.
* hate new foods
  - to feel insecure or precarious
* have a similar fascination with each other
  - special pool of their own
  - very strong urge to explore, and also to do things big people do
  - an ability to pick up on their parents' nonverbal cues
  - bad dreams about being apart from their parents
  - difficulty when being rushed or hurried
  - small tummies with limited capacity, so snacks between meals are important
  - such limited skills
  - tantrums because they get frustrated very easily
  - their own splashing pool
* have trouble distinguishing between anger, sadness, and fear
  - shifting from one thing to another
* have very limited language skills
  - special needs They learn by doing
* implement common grammar rules without formal training.
* includes arms
  - baby teeth
  - body substances
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - child's bodies
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - milk teeth
  - nuclei
  - personality
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - their knowledge through trial and error
* inevitably suffer a few stumbles as they learn to walk and microsoft.
* interpret the world through the opposites of autonomy versus shame and doubt.
* learn about the structure of stories from books.
* learn by doing, through direct and self-initiated manipulation of their environment
  - exploring and experimenting
  - how to walk and how to speak
  - new words quickly
  - that books are special
* learn to make marks on paper
  - swim
  - valuable lessons in social skills from their friends
  - various little things during the day
  - with their entire body
* like to color or rip anything
  - draw with short, fat, unwrapped crayons
  - graze on nutritious nibbles throughout the day
  - jump
  - look at books on their own
  - play with kitchen toys, too, and can start to help out a bit
  - rub themselves with lotion
  - talk about the pictures
  - touch themselves as they bathe and get their diaper changed
* live in the moment.
* love blowing, scooping, splashing, pouring and letting objects float
  - having an armchair just their size it even comes with a soft, cuddly blanket
  - looking at picture books of objects organized by shape and color
* love making noise, period
  - their own salad and tend to eat the whole thing
  - playing with balls
  - repetition
  - sameness
  - shapes, colors, textures
  - sharing stories, new or familiar
  - the free expression of art
* love to act out the hand motions for fun songs
  - dip and dunk
  - experiment with putting on clothing, pouring the juice, housecleaning, etc
  - explore and climb into things
  - fingerpaint on a low window
  - help and want to, too
  - imitate
  - make noises or join in a chant
  - play with household objects such as plastic dishes, pots, pans and cups
  - transfer things from one place to the other
  - try blowing bubbles
* make friends easily, and parents do, too
  - radio-controlled robots punch, kick and shoot lasers at several people
* move too fast to watch while driving a tractor or combine.
* need nutrients
  - plenty
* normally love to draw and colour.
* often drink the lamp oil out of the lamp itself
  - get uneasy when separated from their parents or introduced to strangers
  - have trouble with pronunciation and difficulties putting sentences together
  - offer a toy or hug to another distressed toddler
  - resort to whining when they've tried and failed to get their parent's ear
  - seem out of control, or overly stubborn or demanding
  - test 'how far they can go' by refusing certain foods and demanding others
* play games.
* quickly learn that they can control their bodily functions.
* receive additional love and comfort from at least one adult other than their parents
  - age-appropriate religious education to plant seeds of the Christian faith
* remember disaster trauma
  - some things so well that it's hard to believe they have memory problems
* repeat annoying or destructive behavior to make sure they understand the rules.
* return to baby-like behavior such as demanding to be fed by their parents.
* run wildly in circles while their parents have a drink with friends.
* see, touch, feel and get introduced to the outside world.
* sense when their mothers are in crisis and become even more demanding.
* share outdoor space and unsafe equipment designed for older children.
* specialize in frustrating anxious parents.
* spend a lot of time figuring stuff out from visual cues and trial and error.
* start walking on their own at different times.
* take first steps
* tend to identify the proper place for disposing of human waste through the sense of smell
  - like bedtime reading sessions when they are already relaxed
  - walk bowlegged at first
* think of death as temporary and reversible.
* thrive on repetition
  - routine and knowing what to expect
* to eat baby food
* typically throw tantrums.
* use a lot of negative behavior
  - the muscles in their fingers and hands to do things for themselves
  - words to have fun and to learn
* usually show the first signs of true independence around a year and a half in age.
* want food.
* worry about the loss - the loss of a parent or about being lost themselves.