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Toddler milestones 2 to 2 1/2 years

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Kids Growth, Activities, Milestones, Habits - 24 - 30 months Kids really do thrive when they are allowed to be contributing members of the family or group. Young children love to do work of the adult. 25 months (2year 1 month old) At this phase, kids catches soon. my lil one is expert in sorting shapes and colors. Builds towers with 10-15 blocks. She's pee and poo trained while being awake. talks in three- four word sentences. Very soon, kids imitate behavior of others. At this stage, she always wanted any of her known especially mom dad near her. Kids can get up anywhere on any table/ corners/ walls whichever are in their reach. Most of the kids loves animals so much that they sit nearby them or want to hold them and don't want to leave them. 26 months ( 2year 2 months old) We visited our family from Malaysia to India, and my baby could get to meet all her grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles. Must say, it really opened up her thinking process than seeing them over phone s

Activities for Babies

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Babies, kids love different toys and activities. Give them ample opportunity to develop their skills, for which we have to be really engaged with them. Few kids play on their own, wherein most of the kids want people to be near around. Here are few activities for 6 months- 2 year kids. Float toys in tub full of water and show it to baby to move it around in water with hands Scroll the ball - take any cardboard or surface and slant it and ask the baby to leave/scroll the ball on it so that they see it rolling around. Bubbles - Form bubbles in water or show how to produce  It strengthens cognitive skills. Squish Squash - to strengthen health skills. Following the rhythm - play the drum or xylophone and ask to be quiet when no noise and sing/ speak once drum beats or any music comes. Hula time - Round ring around your body and move. Drawfs and Giants -  Jump like a Giant and then Bend to squats to pretend like Drawf. Switch between Drawf and Giant so that child notices the differen