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Developmental Growth From Six Months to Eighteen Months

NOTE: Different specialists use different approaches in placing small children into ages that have similar growth patterns. They all have merit. The following excellent resources give you a good idea of the progress your child should be making.

Healthy Start, Grow Smart

This series was an initiative of Laura Bush as the First Lady of Texas and sponsored by the Texas Department of Health. President Bush and Mrs. Bush have asked that this series of booklets be revised and distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 Your Six-Month-Old

 Your seven-month-old

 Your eight-month-old

 Your nine-month-old

 Your ten-month-old

 Your eleven-month-old

 Your twelve-month-old

Milestone Charts from BabyCenter

One of the nice things about the developmental charts from BabyCenter is that they include comments from parents and grandparents of children, allowing you to get a good feeling for how others are dealing with the same things you're having to deal with. Check out the following:

 What to expect from your 7 to 12-month old

 What to expect from your 13- to 18-month old

Quotation Worth Repeating

"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"

— Milton Berle

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