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The first three years of your child is the time of so many developments, growth and changes in your child's life. The second year of your child is very crucial for the development of speech, physical, brain and understanding skills. The second year of your baby's life offers more freedom for them. Let's check out what are the developments your toddler go through from 12 to 24 months of their age.

Physical growth:

1. Once your baby reaches his/her first birthday, s/he will be able to walk effortlessly without your assistance. However if they don't there is no need to worry about, development for every child varies. Over the next couple of weeks, the baby will catch up easily.
2. Your baby will also be able to run and walk up the stairs without extra effort. This is the time you need to be always around your kid to protect them once they fall.
3. Your child will grow about 3 in. to 5 in. and gain between 3 lb and 5 lb.

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Toddler develop great social skills through the interaction they have with people around them. Different activities help to develop mental, physical, social and emotional skills to stimulate your children's imagination and creativity. As a parent you should involve your child in such activities through which your toddler can understand and learn the world around him.

Some of the activities that can enhance your toddler's social skills are mentioned here:

• Importance of Money: Give your child different coins and ask them to count them. Teach your child how to use the money and about money which will enable them to understand the value of it.
• Indulge them in cooking: Accompany your child in mixing, baking, measuring the ingredients. These are the tasks your kid will enjoy doing and it goes not matter if they make a mess
• Cleaning work through game: This will give them the sense of responsibility and will be hygienic from the very beginning of their life and they will do it as part of the "norm".
• Encouraging Play with Others: Always involve and encourage your child to play in a group. This will inculcate the team skills in your child. They will watch and often copy what they see others do, even though they're not yet able to play with them. I am sure untill now your toddler thinks everything is MINE, but they need to learn the skill of sharing. As they grow and become more experienced at play, they'll learn to play with other children. This is called "cooperative" play, and usually happens after the age of 3. In cooperative play, children learn to work and solve problems together, and develop their social skills.

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