What is the toddler age? – Care and precautions.
It is very important for the parents to take care of their child especially when they are at toddler age. Children are who are 12 to 36 months of age come under toddlers. let’s get to know about “Toddler age care and precautions“.
This is the time when your child understands and learns very quickly. This is the time when your child has developed in cognitive, emotional and social levels.
Developmental milestone at toddler age:-
Here are the developments which you will see in your child during their toddler age.
Physical growth-
All bones get developed during this period.
Motor development-
Seen in the form of control of large muscles which helps in walking, running, jumping and climbing.
Fine motor development-
Seen in the form of control of small muscles which in feeding themselves, draw and manipulate objects.
Development in vision-
The child will develop the ability to see near and far and will start to interpret what the child has seen.
Development in hearing and speech-
The child will able to hear and receive information and react accordingly and also learn the language and use it for communication.
Social development-
The child will interact with another child.
Toddler age care and precautions:-
Once your child is started walking, he/she is ready to explore the world in their own way. For them, every day is for new fun for them.
There are many adventures and fun present in this stage of life along with these adventures there are many risks and dangers also from which you have to prevent your child.
Here is some advice for you on, How to prevent your child from getting hurt?
Prevent your child from climbing heavy furniture:-
Toddler loves to climb on heavy furniture with a step as they feel fun of doing it. In most of the houses, heavy furniture is not secured to the wall. These include bookcases and dresses which have a hundred pounds of weight.
There are many other heavy objects which should be kept away reach of the children like television kept on furniture. If your toddler climbs on it, it can fall on your child. This can cause injury to your child. This injury can be very dangerous which can even result in the death of your child.
If the injury is not seen in your child then there can be chances of having a severe injury in internal organs which can cause serious conditions for which treatment is required. Even your child can also suffer from a severe head injury.
So you need to prevent this incident by preventing your child from falling from heavy furniture. Don’t place toys on the top of the furniture.