What Should I Be Teaching My 16 Month Old

Memory skills basic number quantity association.

Your 16 month old baby and food continue with the pattern of three meals a day plus a couple of healthy snacks and about 400ml of milk. While you may be amazed at how much your toddler can do now you ll probably find he still gets frustrated easily. He loves dressing up too and bashing on biscuit tins. The milk can be to drink cooked into meals like rice pudding poured onto cereal or any combination of these.

Give her a regular cup or a straw cup as much as possible. About three 8 ounce cups of whole milk per day is recommended for a 16 month old if your toddler doesn t get calcium from other foods. You ll find yourself becoming very familiar with his favourites as most toddlers love repetition. Your 16 month old may be able to say as many as seven words or even more clearly.

Gestures play a significant role in helping a 16 month old learn new words and thus finger counting is a good way to teach numbers. My son alexander turns 16 months towards the end of the month and we love the above although not brave enough to play with playdoh with all the mess it makes. What to feed a 16 month old. But she will still rely mostly on nonverbal communication pointing and gesturing to tell you what she wants or what she wants you to see.

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At 16 months your toddler will enjoy hearing you sing nursery rhymes and songs and may even try to sing along with you. Your toddler understands much more than she can speak.