Health Promotion Of Toddler

Question 1

12-36 months

Answer 1

Toddlers

Question 2

Growth

Answer 2

Visual acuity: 40/20

Ticklish

Continued development of stereopsis ( depth perception)

Question 3

Fine Motor Skills

Answer 3

Grasp small objects: 1 year

Scribble, round block in round hole: 15 months

3 block stacked: 18 months

Copy straight line, copy cross: 2 years

Question 4

Gross Motor Skills

Answer 4

Walking: 1 year

Run w/ falling: 18 months

Good balance: 2 years

Jump with both feet, alternate feet, can climb straits: 2.5 years

Question 5

Language

Answer 5

Understand more than they can speak

3-5 words: 1 year

300 words: 2 years

Simple sentences: 3 years

Gesture after 3 years: potential hearing loss

Question 6

Feeding

Answer 6

Spoon, spilling lots: 15 months

Spoon mastered: 2 years

Fork: 3 years

Question 7

Dressing

Answer 7

Take off simple items first: 15 months

Put on clothes, backward, inside out, fasteners are hard: 2 years

Question 8

Toilet training

Answer 8

Full control of sphincter: 22-30 months

5 signals: 
• bladder readiness
• bowel readiness
• cognitive readiness
  - urge&holding
  - walking 
• psychological readiness
• want to please their parents because they congratulate them

Bowel before bladder control

Night time control takes several months to Years after day time control mastery

Bedwetting after six is normal, usually familial and usually from dad

If a child is randomly starting to bed-wet again after having full control and family life seems to be normal, abuse or bullying could be a worry.

Question 9

Temper tantrums

Answer 9

Inability to control emotions

• physical, kick, throw body on floor
• hold breath, pass out. (Learned behavior, need to make sure they’re in a safe place to pass out and ignore it, takes years to get over but 3 months to break)

Be consistent

Ignore behavior

Parents need to control their own temper

Question 10

Sleep

Answer 10

12 hrs

Consistent routine

Night lights

Playing in bed and letting them fall asleep on their own

Question 11

Gender identity

Answer 11

You realize you look different from the other gender

Correct body parts

Gender identity by 3 years

Masturbation; reinforce that it’s a private thing for their room.
- if they’re using objects in/on their privates, it’s a common sign of abuse

Question 12

Injuries

Answer 12

Motor vehicles

Burns

Poisoning

Falls

Suffocation

Toy safety!