1.5-2 years Physical growth The physical growth rate of children aged 1.5-2 years is still slower than in the first year. At this time, children generally have 12 teeth and the upper and lower cusps are erupting. The fontanelle has gradually closed. If after 18 months, the fontanelle has not yet closed, the fontanelle closure is delayed and the cause should be checked at the hospital. Children between the ages of 1.5 and 2 years old can begin to focus their attention on pictures, TV, toys, children’s songs and stories. However, the duration of focused attention is short, usually around 15 minutes, and unintentional attention is the main focus. The content of memory is also relatively simple, only fragmentary and narrow, generally familiar to them, such as playing games, sharing food, playing with toys, watching cartoons, and so on. And the memory time is short and easily forgotten. Although dependence on adults is still strong at this age, children’s self-awareness and tendency to act independently are gradually developing. Parents will feel that children’s desire for independence is getting stronger and stronger, no matter what they can or cannot do, they want to do it by themselves and do not want others to help. For example, when his mother helps him get dressed, the child no longer just cooperates, but says, “I’ll do it myself.” At the dinner table, he no longer wants to be fed by mom and dad, but wants to “eat by myself.” If you take him out, he will break away from the support of adults and walk by himself. In addition to the above, what makes mothers and fathers happy is that after 18 months of age, children’s ability to take care of themselves has really developed a lot. Most of them can take off their own clothes, some can also try to put on clothes; by 2 years old, most children can eat better by themselves, will also wash their own hands, but also with a towel to wipe hands dry; and most have been able to completely control the urine and stool during the day, 2 years old children are just when the day is hot, can also untie their own pants to sit on the potty. Nutrition and feeding This period of the child’s activity is increasing, the stomach capacity can increase to 300 ml, its growth, development, although not as rapid as infants, but compared to adults, is still very vigorous, so its food needs, intake increased, but its chewing and digestive function is still not very sound, so he should not be too early to eat general family meals, in the choice of food and cooking should still pay attention to It is best to cook a separate dish for the child at each meal, and often change the variety of patterns and pay attention to fine, minced, soft and rotten food. 1) The child should still be given one bottle of milk in the morning and one bottle in the evening every day. 2) Food should still be chopped and cooked, especially animal foods such as fish and meat. Because, although babies can already eat chunky food, they should not eat large chunks of food because their milk teeth have not yet come out and their chewing ability is still weak. 3) meals to low-salt food is good, do not eat pickled food; food is best not to put MSG, coloring, saccharin and other condiments. 4) Do not eat food with irritants, such as coffee, chili, pepper, etc.; eat less fried food. 5) When cooking should pay attention to avoid the loss of nutrients as much as possible. For example, the time to panning rice should not be too long, the water temperature should not be too high, do not soak after panning rice; vegetables should be washed before cutting, stir-fry when emergency fire, boiling soup should be boiled before adding vegetable leaves, the cooking time should not be too long. 6) Food should still be cooked to achieve the full range of color, aroma and taste. 7) Young children love to eat foods with fillings, such as buns, dumplings, wontons, etc., so you can make more for your child to eat. Young children of this age like to get cups and spoons and take their own food, which is the beginning of the transition from feeding to self-feeding. Adults should encourage children to eat by themselves. This is because self-feeding not only trains the child’s motor development and hand-eye coordination, but also cultivates the child’s interest in eating and improves the child’s appetite. When the child eats, pay attention to training the baby’s ability to chew and swallow solid food, and let him chew fully before swallowing each mouthful of food. Because sucking and chewing are two completely different feeding actions, children must be trained to adapt. In addition, chewing exercise can promote the growth and development of the upper and lower palate bones, prepare for the replacement of permanent teeth with milk teeth, and avoid dental malocclusion and chewing difficulties in children. Example of baby’s daily diet Meal Time Food Breakfast 7:00-7:30 Milk and minced pork congee (200 ml of fresh milk or milk powder, 15 g of rice, 10 g of chicken) Lunch 11:00-11:30 Minced vegetable congee (25 g of rice, 20 g of baby bok choy), 1 steamed bun (25 g of flour), mashed liver and potatoes (25 g of pork liver, 50 g of potatoes, 5 g of vegetable oil) Lunch 15:00- 15:30 Meat bun, fruit (25g flour, 10g pork, 50g orange) Dinner 18:00-18:30 Rotten rice (30g rice), steamed egg (50g egg), spinach soup (30g spinach, 5g vegetable oil) Dinner 20:30-21:00 Fresh milk or milk powder 200ml Life care After 1.5 years old, most children sleep only once during the day at noon, about 2-2.5 hours and another 10 hours of sleep at night, so that 12-13 hours of sleep can be basically guaranteed every day. Parents should continue to cultivate and consolidate the child’s habit of falling asleep automatically and sleeping alone, which is not only beneficial to the child’s health, but also to develop the child’s ability to live independently. You should continue to train your child to defecate regularly, and gradually let your child take the initiative to sit on the potty, but still need to be taken care of by adults. Children at this age are active, curious and willing to go outdoors. As long as it is not windy, raining or snowing, adults should arrange some outdoor activity time for children every day and take care of them to prevent accidents. The best place to do this is in the green areas, courtyards or parks in residential areas. Some parents like to take their children to the road, but do not know that the road is full of people and cars, children lack of safety awareness, and like to run, so it is easy to happen dangerous; Moreover, the height of the child and the height of the car exhaust emissions are similar, easy to attract lead and carbon monoxide inhalation, very bad for the health of children. Outdoor activities, you can let children play with water, sand, such as residential neighborhoods with slides, seesaws and other facilities, you can also let children play, so that children can experience a variety of different feelings from childhood, and recognize the surrounding natural scenery. You can also let your child learn to ride a three-wheeled stroller to develop the child’s motor coordination, balance and independent living skills. In playing, adults should also encourage the child to play more with other children so that he has more opportunities to learn the rules of the game and interact with others.