Prepared by:

Abigail M. Madriaga
a. Weight = 5-6 lb (2.5kg)/yr
b. Height = 5 in (12cm) / yr
c. HC = CC>HC = 2 y/o
= CC = HC 1 y/o
d. Protuberant abdomen
e. Bowlegged
f. lordosis
Age Gross Fine Language Play
15 mos -walks alone
-seat self in
chair
-Creeps
upstairs
-scribbles
Holds a spoon
well but may
turn it upside
down on the
way to the
mouth
- 4-6 words -Can stack 2
blocks
-Enjoys being
read to
18 mos -Run and jump
in place
-Walk upstairs
with 1 hand
held and places
both feet on 1
step before
advancing
- No longer
rotates a spoon
to bring it to
the mouth
-7-20 words
-Names 1 body
part
-Imitates
household
chores
-Begins parallel
play
24 mos - Walk upstairs
alone using
both feet on
same step at
same time
- Imitates
vertical stroke
-50 words
-2 word
sentences
- Parallel play
evident
30 mos - Jumps with
both feet
- Make simple
line or strokes
for crosses with
a pencil
-Knows full
name
-Name 1 color
-Holds up
fingers to show
age
-Imitates a
parents action
-Play rough
housing
A. Safety
1. Accidental ingestion ( poisoning)
2. Motor vehicle accidents
3. Burns
4. Drowning
5. Animal bites
B. Nutrition
- 12 mos eat same foods as the rest of the family
- 18 mos picky eaters
- Food jags wanting a specific food for a period of days
C. Daily Activities
1. Dressing
2. Sleep 8 hrs night time sleep
3. Bathing
4. Care of the teeth

1. Toilet training
- Begin and completed accdg to childs ability to
accomplish the task not accdg to a set schedule
- Starts at 6 mos

1. Toilet training
- Signs of readiness:
a. Stays dry for 2 hrs with regular bowel movement
b. Sit, walk and squat
c. Verbalize desire to void/ defecate
d. Willingness to please parents
e. Wants to have soiled diapers changed immediately

1. Toilet training
2. Ritualistic behavior
3. Negativism do not want to do anything a parent wants
them to do
4. Discipline setting rules to know what is expected
- punishment consequence that results frm a
breakdown in discipline
- rules: consistent, rules are learned if correct behavior
is praised
- timeout technique to help children learn that actions
have consequences

5. Separation anxiety
6. Temper tantrums usually provoked parents can state a
reason for it
- child holds breath, becomes cyanotic, slumps to the
floor
- breath holding usually provoked child is very angry,
child breaths out and forgets to breathe in, becomes
cyanotic and slumps the floor
- seizure not provoked child slumps to floor and
becomes cyanotic