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16 months - a time to help them help you |
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The challenges of walking and talking make for an intense period of mental and physical development.
This month, we’ll be covering some of the little challenges that face you as a parent, such as fussy eating and hearing the same few words and phrases over and over… and over.
For more information on month 16, have a look at our interactive timeline.
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A fussy eater or a budding food critic?
Eating habits can get somewhat tricky around 16 months. It’s all part of your toddler’s ever-growing independence.
This increasing fussiness at mealtimes is perfectly natural. Approximately half of all toddlers have some form of fussy eating habit or other. So you’re by no means alone!
Here are some tips that may help:
• Organise meals around the times they’re normally hungry so a pattern can develop naturally
• Let your toddler eat at their own pace and don’t insist on a cleared plate
• Keep a calm eating environment with no distracting TV
• Start with small portions and build up if they’re hungry
• Include lots of fruit in their diet or try mashing up veg like peas and carrots
• Heap praise on your toddler for a meal well eaten (this is likely to be a normal reaction to the relief of seeing it happen anyway).
It’s important to persevere through this phase because a healthy, balanced diet with plenty of iron and vitamin D is needed for the many developments taking place in your toddler’s brain and body.
Find out more 
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A conversation starter
Squaks and jabbering - the building blocks of speech
What starts as squeals and shrieks of joy, soon turns into something more recognisable as speech. Your toddler will find it comforting to have you play along and every time a nursery rhyme or song is repeated, something new will be picked up.
Find out if your local library or children’s centre runs rhyme and song groups and don’t be afraid to make up silly rhymes of your own at home – no one else is listening!
Using different voices when you’re telling stories helps to encourage a sense of fun around listening and speech too.
Download our helpsheet about talking |
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| IMPORTANT NOTICE: SMA® PRO Toddler Milk is suitable for young children from 1-3 years, as part of a healthy balanced diet and it is not a breast milk substitute. Breastfeeding should continue for as long as possible. |
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All the best,
The SMA Baby Club |
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