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Most fourteen-month-old children have begun walking and saying a few words, and their personalities are developing. In their care, we should see and treat them as individuals and value their wishes. Many children between one and two years old enjoy objecting to and arguing with their parents. Conflicts over food and appetite problems can arise. Many of these result from adults making firm decisions for fourteen- to fifteen-month-old babies and insisting on having their own way, especially with eating and drinking.
At this stage babies should be given some freedom, particularly around food and drink, and allowed to eat as much as they want. Do not be afraid; babies will not go hungry. Many childhood eating disorders stem from inappropriate family behavior during the fourteenth or fifteenth month or a little later.
Routine health checks take place every three months at this age and every six months later on. There is no vaccine to be given around the fourteenth month. Three vaccines are given at one year. The meningococcal vaccine, which Turkey's Ministry of Health does not yet routinely administer but which is important, should also have been given during this period. The next vaccines are given at eighteen months.
The child should eat at the table with their mother, father and other adults. Gradually the child will also want to eat independently using their hands; this should be allowed.
