Toddler thread

[KevinLoveFan]

Guess who's 15 months old and throwing everything, including basketballs?



Toddlers are the BEST. They're cuter than babies and have big personalities.

 

[Chris]

Lookin good! When did he start standing on his own?

Little one is almost 13 months, still waiting for her to stand and take off tho!

 

[BMAN]

Lookin good! When did he start standing on his own?

Little one is almost 13 months, still waiting for her to stand and take off tho! View attachment 14928

My little guy was around 14 months when he started standing on his own and walking. Stay patient!

Also, if you haven’t watched yet with your kids, watch Bluey. Fucking fantastic.

 

[KevinLoveFan]

Mine started standing around 9 to 10 months and walking by 13. He's a little behind in gestures, though. Waves a lot now finally at 15 months, but still doesn't point at anything.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Pretty sure our first was walking on her own around her first birthday. I know she was couch-walking independently by 10 months.

For kids shows, Sesame Street is still king. But she loves Dinosaurs, so we've been watching Dinosaur Train lately.

 

[CavsFaninNJ]

Lookin good! When did he start standing on his own?

Little one is almost 13 months, still waiting for her to stand and take off tho! View attachment 14928

Mine is 18 months, and started standing up on her own at around 10-11 months, I believe. She didn't start walking until 13.5 months - took it easy going to that next step. Now she damn near runs.

 

[Snowblind]

My little girl was born 10 weeks early (born in June 2022, but due August) and was in the two different NICUs and a cardiac unit for 53 days before she came home. She's adjusted to an 8 month old now and just seeing all these pictures and stories has made me smile. We're worried about her mobility (long story), but seeing that you guys all have different ages when your kids crawled, stood and walked has been encouraging. Hoping she joins this bunch and is walking around and cheering on the Cavs with me.

 

[Marcus]

My little girl was born 10 weeks early (born in June 2022, but due August) and was in the two different NICUs and a cardiac unit for 53 days before she came home. She's adjusted to an 8 month old now and just seeing all these pictures and stories has made me smile. We're worried about her mobility (long story), but seeing that you guys all have different ages when your kids crawled, stood and walked has been encouraging. Hoping she joins this bunch and is walking around and cheering on the Cavs with me.

Mine is ten months old and hasn’t even cut teeth yet. There are kids younger than her in her daycare class that are already standing and walking, too.

Meanwhile, she already knows how to wave at people, something I’m told she’s about two months ahead of schedule on.

Kids develop on their own schedules, even if they tend to be in the same ballpark. It gets a lot easier once you learn and accept that - something that took me a little while myself.

 

[Snowblind]

Mine is ten months old and hasn’t even cut teeth yet. There are kids younger than her in her daycare class that are already standing and walking, too.

Meanwhile, she already knows how to wave at people, something I’m told she’s about two months ahead of schedule on.

Kids develop on their own schedules, even if they tend to be in the same ballpark. It gets a lot easier once you learn and accept that - something that took me a little while myself.

That's great to hear. The OT that visits for early intervention has noticed that our daughter has done some stuff early and some late. Getting too focused on hitting certain milestones for a specific window definitely stressed me out. I'm just trying to have fun with her and watch her grow.

 

[Lee]

My best friend has a 20 month old Toddler who I just visited on Saturday. Visiting Toddlers are the best, they are cute, fun and then you get to go home and never change a diaper or deal with them for a month or two, lol

 

[KevinLoveFan]

Mine is ten months old and hasn’t even cut teeth yet. There are kids younger than her in her daycare class that are already standing and walking, too.

Meanwhile, she already knows how to wave at people, something I’m told she’s about two months ahead of schedule on.

Kids develop on their own schedules, even if they tend to be in the same ballpark. It gets a lot easier once you learn and accept that - something that took me a little while myself.

Amen to that! I've been a bit concerned about my dude's late gesturing, but I'll see what his pediatrician thinks next week. I'm just glad he's finally imitating waves a lot. The sources I've read indicate that pointing usually emerges between 9 and 15 months, but isn't really cause for concern unless they're not doing it by 18. I did have to fill out a questionnaire for his upcoming visit that asked about it, though, and I had to reply that he's not doing it yet.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Amen to that! I've been a bit concerned about my dude's late gesturing, but I'll see what his pediatrician thinks next week. I'm just glad he's finally imitating waves a lot. The sources I've read indicate that pointing usually emerges between 9 and 15 months, but isn't really cause for concern unless they're not doing it by 18. I did have to fill out a questionnaire for his upcoming visit that asked about it, though, and I had to reply that he's not doing it yet.

One thing that helps--from the earliest age, when she couldn't talk, I asked her to point. I'd pick her up and even though I knew where she wanted to go, I'd ask if she could point.

No idea if it helped make those connections in her brain earlier or made zero difference--but it can't hurt.

 

[jjvors]

Okay my first toddler was born 3 months early and was in the NICU for 50 days. She had a brain bleed on her second day of life and didn't walk until she was 4 years old, due to cerebral palsy. We had a walking party for her.

Our second daughter was born 2 1/2 years later. We didn't want her walking (we didn't want her getting into trouble in our split level) and did nothing to encourage her. She turned over her second day of life and started walking at 7 months. I caught her edging along the outside of our railing over our steps and caught her before she fell.

She climbed out of a hotel crib at 9 months. The railing was at her chin level. We let her sleep in a regular bed after that.

Our third was our son three years later. He walked at about a year. He was more cautious than his sister. That didn't last v ery long.

Here they are in 1993 with their respective parents.

 

[Marcus]

That's great to hear. The OT that visits for early intervention has noticed that our daughter has done some stuff early and some late. Getting too focused on hitting certain milestones for a specific window definitely stressed me out. I'm just trying to have fun with her and watch her grow.

I hear ya. I’m a first time parent here just embracing the highs and lows. Mine isn’t standing yet but I feel like she could reach that point at any time, as she’s able to crawl up on us and get up on her knees. It’s really awesome to see her little personality start to develop, too!

Right now we’re unfortunately dealing with the lows - poor kid’s got a double ear infection and has had a fever to go along with it almost every day the past two weeks. If this goes on too much longer we’re gonna have to take her to the ER. This is her first time really dealing with illness other than a day or two of sniffles back in the winter time.

Building that immunity is all a part of the process, but man it really sucks going through it.

I also ended up getting a massive upper respiratory infection as a result of the daycare crud she brought home, so thanks kid

 

[macbdog]

My little girl was born 10 weeks early (born in June 2022, but due August) and was in the two different NICUs and a cardiac unit for 53 days before she came home. She's adjusted to an 8 month old now and just seeing all these pictures and stories has made me smile. We're worried about her mobility (long story), but seeing that you guys all have different ages when your kids crawled, stood and walked has been encouraging. Hoping she joins this bunch and is walking around and cheering on the Cavs with me.

My youngest was 6 weeks early and didn't come home until his original birthday. Has Downs and some cardiac abnormalities but nothing that requires surgery this young thankfully. Coming up on his 1st birthday, he's just now crawling but still working on cutting teeth. Other than that, hes just about on target for most of his developmental goals based on adjusted age. Each kid develops at their own pace, what matters is that they keep moving forward.