Month 15: feeding
A fifteen-month-old baby should eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at the table with adults.
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Month 15: language development
A fifteen-month-old baby can usually say five or six words with understanding and easily follow simple instructions. Speech depends to a considerable extent on the parents' genetic makeup.
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Month 15: physical development
A fifteen-month-old baby's personality gradually develops. The baby can walk without holding on to anything and may even object to having their hand held because they want to walk alone.
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Month 15: everyday care
A fifteen-month-old baby has begun to develop their own character; we should treat them with respect for their personality.
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Month 15: routine check-ups
A routine health check is performed at fifteen months; the first routine examination after one year is at fifteen months.
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Month 16: feeding
The main consideration in feeding a sixteen-month-old is eating together with us at the table. At this stage the baby will gradually want to eat independently.
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Month 16: language development
A sixteen-month-old baby can say five or six words meaningfully, usually form two-word sentences and answer questions with simple words such as “yes” or “no.” At this stage babies'…
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Month 16: physical development
A sixteen-month-old baby can walk comfortably without holding on and say five or six words.
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Month 16: everyday care
A sixteen-month-old baby's personality has begun to take shape. The baby readily expresses what they want and do not want; we should respect this.
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Month 16: routine check-ups
There is no routine health examination specifically for the sixteenth month. If the baby is healthy at twelve months, examinations take place at fifteen months and then at eighteen and…
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Month 17: feeding
A seventeen-month-old can now eat everything with us at the table. Infancy is ending and childhood is beginning.
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Month 17: language development
A seventeen-month-old baby can say four or five words meaningfully. The baby also begins to voice more words in a way their mother can understand and understands what is said better.
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