Research help: Toddlers

[zinnith]

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Now I'm getting to the point where I need the help from the mommies and daddies out there again. That baby I asked about a while ago? Well, she has grown. She's now a two-year-old, and I have questions concerning toddlers.

- What do they eat? Baby food? Adult food in suitable pieces?
- What kind of vocabulary do they have? Can you have a simple conversation with them? Would people other than their parents be able to understand them?
- Sleeping habits. Do they need to nap during the day? How many hours of sleep does the average two-year-old need?
- Anything else you think I need to know to write a believable toddler.

I realise that the development differs a lot from child to child (I asked my mother and it turned into a long discussion comparing me and my siblings. Apparently, they had much trouble potty training me. TMI, mum!) So any stories about your kids or kids you know or just kids in general will be extremely helpful to me. Hey, if we could build a dog together, we should be able to build a child, right?

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[anyanka-eg.livejournal.com]

Around two my cousins and friend's kids were saying some great things that have become stuck in the family legends. So here's some incase you want them.

1. My mum on the phone to her sister
Mum: How's Tom?
Sister: Oh, he's been a right whingebag all day
Tom: (in the background in a very pathetic, whinging voice) Not I whingebag!

2. Friend's kid in the car. He was in the back in his child seat
Stefan: (slightly panicked) Where's Stefan gone?
Dad, turns round to find his hat had slipped over his eyes

3. Same kid. Whatever it was he was supposed to be doing has been lost in the mists of time, only the response is remembered
Dad: Why don't you do it?
Stafan: I don't know how to look at it.


Stefan also wanted to call his new ginger kitten, House. This is many years ago before the tv series was invented (Stefan is now 23). My brother also wanted to call our cat Cherrystone when he was about two, come to think of it.

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I love kid!quotes! And I LOLed at the catnames! Which reminds me - Anna is going to have a lot of fun with Newton :) I can just imagine her running around going 'kitty!' and poor Newton running away in horror of the sticky little huma chasing him. He is a very dignified cat.

Thank you!