Have fun and celebrate your first achievements together.
After their first birthday, most children are very active. They have more and more control over their body. This moment is key in the development of gross motor skills and language: stimulate him to start walking and talk a lot with your child, without using “baby language”.
1. First steps: Around the year, many babies begin to take their first steps on their own. Others will still take weeks or months to start walking. If your child is one of the calm ones, don’t worry, it is perfectly normal. Imitate what others are doing, especially mom and dad, and the stage begins when the baby has fun pushing large objects and throwing and throwing things on the ground. Arm yourself with patience, because you need to experience the cause and effect relationship and you will spend a season picking spoons and toys from the ground.
2. Moves with support: continues learning to let go of walking. Many children are able to move from one place to another in small steps, looking for support in the furniture. Your child can bend down and pick up an object from the floor and will like to get closer to what arouses his curiosity: he is discovering his independence. His hands are getting better and better. You can hold your spoon and put objects in a box. He says some single words, and understands a lot of what you say. Every time he communicates better.
3. I’m Following You, Mom !: At 14 months, many children can get up and duck alone. They love to follow Mom everywhere to see what she does and help her with the housework. At this age, coordination has already improved a lot: they know how to empty a cube full of sand or water, they can drink from a glass without throwing away its contents … He loves to experiment with textures and objects of different sizes, and he feels more secure with his bear. stuffed animal or your blanket, which become your comfort object.
4. Welcome, sir? No ?: suddenly, no? it becomes your favorite word. It is a way of affirming his identity, now that he is becoming more autonomous. He knows how to say about six words, although he understands many more. Most children already walk at this age. They begin to climb steps, resting both feet on each one, but it will take longer for them to go up and downstairs. As for their manual skills, can they clap their hands, stack basic building blocks, start to open and close boxes, handle their cutlery much better? They have a great time playing with mom and dad. They love all toys that they can push and drag, like doll carts, trailers, and walkers.
5. First tantrums: Your child may like to play hide the face in his hands, stack blocks (and throw them), and play with body parts like “Where are your ears?”. The first tantrums begin: you are not yet in control of your emotions and there are many daily actions that you do not master and you find frustrating. Keep developing your gross motor skills and exploring the cause-effect relationship. Toys that make noise or music or that move when he manipulates them, with greater and greater skill, attract a lot of attention.