14-months Toddler's skills

A 14-months toddler has already achieve a great range of skills in his milestones. Parents are marvel over the great achievement as the toddler portraits his/her abilities at his/her own pace. The toddler also discovered the fun of being independent.

Maximus is also been achieving much in his milestones and gaining his independence in doing things. His understanding in his basic routines, instructions and rules has also been showing much improvement since he last moved into his toddler-hood.

As a 14-months, Maximus is able to:

1. stoop down and stand back up as if he is wanting to jump. He understands when I tell him to jump although he has not master his jumping skill yet.
   
2. screw and unscrew a bottle cap.
   
3. identify similar objects and show that they are the same by pointing to it.
4. remember places especially those places that he knows that there are fun i.e. the car ride at Tesco.
5. imitate actions such as zipping, zap-unzap his shoes, scoop his food and feed himself etc.
6. carry out simple instructions such as wipe the table/floor, look for his napkin, pass the newspaper or any item etc.
7. share or offer food to others.
8. wave good bye independently when he is going out or going to sleep.
   
9. comb his hair and remove his shoes.

From left-right: Combing skill, screwing/unscrewing bottle cap, scoop food using spoon & feed himself.

The above skills are the common skills that he has shown yet enjoy doing them. His fine-motor skills and eye-hand coordination have been showing much improvement and has moved ahead in his milestones too. Of course, I am always looking into his new abilities but allow him to achieve it at his own pace.

Little by little, Maximus has also able to use his baby-sign language to communicate. Yet, he is showing sign of talking by exploring those sounds and imitating others who speak to him. He has show his first attempt in calling "mummy" by making the sound "mah" and "daddy" by making the sound "dah". It's slowly but surely he begins to pick up new vocabs too.

Toddlers at this stage has totally adapt him/herself in the toddler-hood. There are much to learn, to explore and to experience, however everything is a world of fun for them. It's really amazing to watch how my lil toddler learns and applying his new skills. On the other hand, accepting his natural characters and personality.

I hope to be able to nurture his nature so that there won't be any much stress or expectiation as he venture his childhood journey.