Parent Tips
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Tips For You...
We have a broad range of tips provided by the Oregon Commission on Children & Families. These include expectant mothers and families as well as suggestions for parents of newborns and toddlers. If you have a tip to share, the please let us know.
Please select from the following:
If your child is 12 to 18 months old
WHAT TO EXPECT:
- Your child will be in transition . . . from grasping objects to steady himself while taking steps . . . to walking and climbing independently.
- Although your child can understand what you are saying, she does not yet have the ability to comply with your requests.
- Your child appreciates routines and security and will ask to do the same thing over and over and over!
- Among your child's favorite activities will be picking up objects, dumping toys, stacking blocks, and turning pages.
If your child is slightly ahead or behind this schedule there is no cause for concern, but delays should be discussed with your pediatrician or health care provider. Remember to schedule your 15 month well baby check-up.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
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- Child proof your home for your little explorer. Provide walking and climbing opportunities, both indoors and outdoors, with a supportive adult nearby.
- Provide toys or household containers (pans, bins and buckets) and objects (scoops, spoons, blocks) for your child to collect, stack and dump. Make sure that all toys meet choking safety standards.
- Talk, read, sing and listen to your child. Communicating back and forth is important to your child's language development.
- As you and your child do activities together, use words to describe what you are doing, such as, "First I'm putting your shoes on your feet; now I'm tying your shoelaces."
- Provide support and encouragement for exploration in a safe and secure environment so your child can learn to solve problems.
Tips courtesy of the Oregon Commission on Children & Families.
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