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Your Toddler: 27-28 Months

Last Updated: September 10, 2010

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Parenting Tips for Your 27-28 Month Old Toddler

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No one needs to tell you that the toddler years are busy years. They are busy for your toddler who is into everything, and busy for you, because you have to chase, protect, and train her.

With all this activity and stress it may be hard to remember that these first three years are probably the most important time in your child’s life. You have the opportunity now to help your child grow up healthy and ready for success.

Try to enjoy these busy, important years. Be good to yourselves. Take time out when you can and share child care with others when you need a break. Enjoy your child’s development and celebrate her accomplishments with her.

Reward yourselves, too, for your successes, and don’t be hard on yourselves for mistakes. All parents make them. When these busy toddler years pass, believe it or not, you will probably look back on this special time with pleasure and nostalgia. For now, do all you can to make the most of these important years.

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Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

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