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Informationen zum Autor Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D., Frances L. Ilg, M.D., and Carol Chase Haber, M.A. Klappentext The child from twelve to twenty-four months of age is a joy to have around-some of the time! that is. This child is growing at an incredible rate! learning to walk! learning to touch! learning to love! and learning to say "No!" for the first time. All of this can be quite a handful for the new parent. In this first book in the series from the renowned Gesell Institute! which includes Your One-Year-Old through Your Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Old! the authors discuss all important questions that concern the twelve- to twenty-four-month-old child. They examine the various stages of development between infancy and toddlerhood: what new things the child can do; how the child acts with parents and other people; what the child thinks and feels. Included in this book: • Sleeping and feeding routines • A one-year-old's view of the world-and herself • Accomplishments and abilities • The basics of toilet training • Stories from real life • A list of age-appropriate toys and books • A bibliography for parents "Louise Bates Ames and her colleagues synthesize a lifetime of observation of children! consultation! and discussion with parents. These books will help parents to better understand their children and will guide them through the fascinating and sometimes trying experiences of modern parenthood."-Donald J. Cohen! M.D.! Director! Yale Child Study Center! Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry! Pediatrics! and Psychology! Yale School of Medicine chapter one YOUR INFANT BECOMES A TODDLER Your boy or girl is officially a One-year-old until the time of that second birthday, when he or she becomes officially a Two-year-old. At the time of his important first birthday your infant is a treasure and a joy to all concerned. Your typical Twelve-month-old tends to be an extremely lovable little person—friendly, sociable, amenable. Given a reasonably favorable personality, normally good health, and a modestly supportive environment, most One-year-olds seem to adapt rather easily to whatever it is the adult caretaker has in mind. And it is usually easy for the adult to adapt to what the baby has in mind. Your Two-year-old also should be fun. By the time he is Two he will have much to say. He will tend to like other people and to appreciate their attention. He will cuddle and kiss. He will, on request, proudly show you his eyes, his nose, his mouth, his arms, his foot. He is excited about what he knows and what he can do. He loves to have you play with him, and he usually does his best to please you. He can feed himself, even though messily, and he tends to cooperate when you dress and change him. In short, most of the time he is a real pleasure to those around him. All this being true, with One so delightful and Two so terrific, we might anticipate that in the months between your child’s first and second birthday, with locomotion and a certain amount of language among his new abilities, life would become ever easier. Is this the case? Do children move smoothly through these special months, merely getting bigger and more capable as they approach Two? Not at all. Certainly, as a child moves from Twelve to Fifteen, Eighteen, and Twenty-one months of age his vocabulary grows, his ability to handle objects increases, and he becomes more mobile. Getting around is no longer restricted to creeping on all fours or cruising beside stable objects. Now your toddler can walk around the house, run, and get up and down the stairs with ease. It is indeed true that many children during this second year of life seem to advance light-years in their basic abilities. But they do not necessarily become easier to live with. As human behavior develops, often the negative parts of a perso...
