18 Months Developmental Milestones
​Your baby might be...
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Starting to sit with or without support
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Clapping their hands
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Understanding more and more words
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Looking around the room
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Creeping and crawling around on the floor
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Loving repetition
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Starting to use a pincer grasp (thumb and pointer finger) to pick up food
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Growing quickly and having a big growth spurt
Activities
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Name the things your baby looks at. Tell them what you’re doing or what’s happening in the world around them: It’s time for bed, it’s time to be feed. Activities like these help build vocabulary and routine.
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Read to your baby
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Give your baby time to crawl and practice new movements: maybe make a trail of toys for your baby can work towards and investigate.
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Help them with play: playing hide and seek or helping to stack blocks can work on developing your babies’ skills.
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Let your baby explore their sense: touching ice cubes, crinkling leaves, shaking a container of rice. These activities involve touch and sound and are great for a young baby.
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Looking for more fun ideas for you and your baby? Check out these websites:
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https://www.powerfulmothering.com/activities-for-18-to-24-months/
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https://handsonaswegrow.com/activities/toddler-activities/18-24-months-old/
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