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Your 12 Month Old Child

Last Updated: September 11, 2009 Related resource areas: Parenting

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Your Baby is Now One Year Old!

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Both you and your baby have come a long way. You’ve helped your baby grow into someone who can sit, stand, climb, and reach for things and who can think, feel, understand you, and maybe even say a few words.

You can look back with pride on the past year and give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. At times it was hard, but you managed well. Hopefully, you had some other people in your life to help.

From now on, your baby will grow and learn at an amazing rate. You can look forward to the coming years, confident that you will help him develop into a responsible human being and love everything about him.

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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.