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Developmental milestones-13 to 18 months
Physical development
- Height and weight gain rapid but not as great as in first year
- Walking better coordinated
- Manipulates small objects with improved coordination
Cognitive development
- Experiments with objects in a trial-and-error fashion
- Finds object hidden in more than one place
- Sorts objects into categories
- Imitates actions across a change in context—for example, from child care to home
- Sustained attention improves
- Memory becomes less dependent on context
Social and emotional development
- Joins in play with familiar adults, siblings, and peers
- Me-self emerges; recognizes image of self in mirror and on videotape
- Begins to realize others’ emotional reactions may differ from one’s own
- Shows signs of empathy
- Complies with simple directives
Language development
- Joint attention with caregiver becomes more accurate
- Actively takes turns in games, such as pat-acake and peekaboo
- Uses preverbal gestures to influence others’ behavior
- Says first word
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