Developmental stages – ages 10-18 months

Zeki - edition for UK and Ireland (Alanna Max)
Leo - edition for USA and Canada (Charlesbridge)
The doctor in the story checks eyes, ears, height, weight and heart, but many other developmental milestones are shown in the illustrations. Below are outlined the type of questions doctors and other health workers ask when establishing what stage a child is at.

Gross Motor & Fine Motor skills   
Does your baby walk beside furniture while holding on with only one hand?

When you holdboth hands to balance your baby, does he take several steps without tripping or falling?
Does your baby pick up a small cube of food with the tips of her finger and thumb

Does your baby throw a small ball?
Problem solving    
After watching you hide a small toy under a cloth, does your baby find it?
Does your baby drop two small toys into a box?
Communication    
Can your baby play at least one nursery rhyme game?
Does your baby make two similar sounds like ba-ba? 
Does your baby follow a simple command i.e. put it back
Does your baby follow a simple command i.e. give it to me
When you ask ‘where is the ball?’ does your baby look at the object?
Personal, Social & Family
Family mealtimes are important to develop a sense of family, and to watch and learn from how others eat, talk and care for each other.

By the time your baby is one, they should have stopped using bottles.
Using an open cup or a free-flow cup will help your baby learn to sip rather than suck, which is better for their teeth.

When you dress your baby, does she push her arms through a sleeve once her arm is started in the hole of the sleeve?             
Does your baby play with a doll or soft toy by hugging it?
When you ask for his toy, does your baby offer it?
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Healthy Baby - Prompts for carers 

Praise me for being -praise baby for who s/he is.
Praise me for trying - praise baby for having a go
Praise me for achieving - praise baby for doing/completing things
Praise my good behaviour

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