Is your child
developing at a normal pace physically, mentally and emotionally as well as socially?
Not exact matches
And while there are
normal developmental milestones that toddlers often reach
at relatively similar ages and stages, all children are different and learn and
develop at their own
pace.
Although all children do pass through the same physical stages of development, not all children
develop at the same
pace e.g. one child may walk
at 11 months and another
at 18 months, yet these are both accepted as
normal.
Even though most babies
develop healthily and
at their own
pace, it's quite
normal for parents to worry from time to time about their baby's acquisition of mental and physical skills.
It is important to remember that young children
develop at their own unique
pace and that there is a range of what is considered «
normal development.»
By avoiding these potentially upsetting behaviors, your child is sure to move out of this unpleasant baby phase
at a
pace that is
normal for a typically
developing child.
In making this connection, Canadian biologist Siegfried Hekimi and his colleagues
at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, looked
at clk -1-mutant nematodes and found that they
develop, eat, defecate, and even move
at a more relaxed
pace than their
normal counterparts.