Does Your Child Do Any of This?

As for your older one, get her plenty of toys, like Leap products that teach her numbers and counting. Try to avoid sit down lessons. You can also play store with her. If she already has a cash register and shopping cart, that works great. Everything can cost a number of dollars, so she just counts out the money one by one. Have her watch Sesame Street. When my boys wash their hands I have them count to ten so they wash long enough. You can hold contests to see how many jumping jacks or whatever you can do in a row (counting). You can take flash cards from Wal Mart and put them on your fridge - numbers with the same number of pictured objects on them - just so she can see them every day.

As for your one year old, I think it is too early to worry about her development if that is all that is going on, but you can contact your local infants and toddlers program if you want and have her screened by Speech. OT, and a developmental ped. I think she is smart and she discovered what gets a reaction out of you (understandably!). Put her down, say no, and walk away every time she tries to hurt you. She will get the picture. Don't worry about the grunting - kids make all kinds of weird noises. I remember making weird noises as a kid just for fun. It may have looked disturbing to some unfamiliar onlooker. :)
J.

My little guy (18 months) has been brutal to say the least in his exploration of our faces, hair, and basically anything he could get his hands on. We made it a point to not respond except when it seemed intentional. We'd grab his hands, look him in the eye, and in that no-nonsense voice, we'd tell him NO. Unfortunately going into much more detail than that is a bit futile, but as he's understood more (like what "Ow" or "Owie" means), we've added more explanation to it. It took a couple of months to get him to stop completely, but he leaves our faces alone now. Wait until she notices your breasts........ lol.... don't meant to scare you, but my son's just realized I have them and I'm pregnant, so they're quite sore anyway.

I'm not sure how to help on the other things, but on this, I figured I'd put in my two cents worth. :) Good luck!

A.

when you get your child ready for school when you teach her make it like a game so she be interested in , because my boys where the same way when they started school, i played game and gave them a picture of me , and that help, especially when they are doing math, do differnece game to make it fun for them.because they won't want to do math . i hope that helps . good luck

Hi ya N.. It's very normal for a child to "damage" the mother when she is holding the child. It happens at my daycare everyday. The child won't hit me, but as soon as mom shows up the child(ren) complete turn into someone I don't know. All children act better for others than thier own parents. Off track, sorry, it's early. Anyhow, the child will out grow that in just a few months. No worries. Learning problem..... That is also normal. The child is very excited yet very scared. I'd hate to say "if I were you", but... if I were you, I'd just let that one go. The school will teach all that very soon. It's better to drop it than to get the child thinking of nothing but that for months until school starts up. That would not only get her scared but would also bring a bad attitude all summer long towards everyone that is around the child. Which in turn will get her to resent school all together. A. (Brighter Futures)

My son will be one at the end of the month. LOL that sucking pig sound yea my son does that he also does this thing like his nose is full. I am told that it is all normal it is just them getting to know there bodies. My son also does the face grabbing. I just take his hand in mine and tell him no and to be nice. Then i take his hand and brush gently.

Hi N.,

I have a one year old son and this is what works for me. He used to grab my face so hard it bleed! So, I made sure his nails were always short first. I also never screamed ... they're looking for a reaction. Instead, when it happens... calmly say something like... "Gentle." and take the baby's hand and move it gently on your face or hand. I also introducted baby sign language. My son picked it up very quickly and before he does something I'm able to sign "Gentle" Or "Touch-No" I really reccomend it. When you're trying to teach your children, show excitment but never disapointment or they will no longer be willing to learn and feel very discouraged. Instead of using Praise, you may use phrases like "Looks like you're having a good time." This way your child will want to do things for herself instead of trying to please you- which is what children naturally want to do. I really hope I was helpful and if you need anymore help please contact me.