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Development 16-17 months

Petro Pretorius [23 August 2008] -

Your child loves to:

Crawl upstairs and down
Throw things
Squat down to pick up things
Walk around while carrying things
Play in sand and/or water
Play rough and tumble with you
Fill up and empty containers
Stack 2 or 3 blocks
Try feeding themselves with a spoon
Drink from a training cup (two handled)
Respond to your words
Point to show you what they want
Wave bye-bye
Say 5-7 words, understand more

Source:
Marzollo, Jean - Supertots A Parent's Guide to Toddlers. Published 1980 – Great Britian | George Allen

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Breastfeeding the Premature Baby

Jack Newman [02 February 2010] -

Some Myths About Premature Babies and Breastfeeding:

Premature babies need to be in incubators
Premature babies all need fortifiers
Premature babies cannot go to the breast until they are at 34 weeks gestation
Mothers of premature babies need to use nipple shields to get their babies latched on well and
getting milk well
Premature babies need to learn to take a bottle which teaches them how to suck

Breastfeeding myths

Petro Pretorius [16 August 2010] - It has been over three years since I have breastfed, but my daughter had breast milk daily for the last couple of days. She is three and a half and has an immune deficiency. If I had known what I know today I would not have given up trying to breastfeed when she was 11 days old. The system has failed me and the system will most probable fail a lot of other parents before we are able to change the system.

Development 16-17 months

Petro Pretorius [23 August 2008] -

You can expect your child to be able to do a couple of things at this age.

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