Wonder Weeks: 13-24 Months

My son will be 2 in a month. There have been several periods during this year span from 12-24 months where he has been difficult, fussy, and clingy. I would say these are wonder weeks, but the book stops at 13 months. In the back of the book, it does mention that children will still [...]

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Wonder Week 46

Wonder week 46 is known as the “The World of Sequences”. Your child is starting to understand how things fit and belong together. You may notice him starting to group things together or piling blocks or other objects together. My son at this age started to understand how to use his pop up toy and [...]

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9 months and having trouble?

Sigh! Literally, the day my son turned 9 months old, everything went nuts with him. I had a great routine/ schedule going with him and he seemed to be doing pretty well. But bam….he started refusing to sleep, separation anxiety through the roof, clingy, crying, and fussy. Oh, I should add that he has been [...]

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Wonder Week- 37

Wonder Week 37 is known as “the world of categories”. Your child is now able to understand that particular things, animals, objects, sensations, and people belong together. The book gives this example, “a banana looks, feels, and tastes different than spinach, but they are both food.” Your baby will also be learning more about his [...]

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Wonder Week 26

Your baby will become more coordinated during this developmental leap. Your baby will also be able to tell distance between one object and another. This new discover can be shocking to an infant and make them feel very small or out of control because they can not reach for the toy they want or their [...]

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Wonder Week 19

Between 14-17 weeks old, you will start to notice your child is not quite as happy as she use to be. She is the mist of wonder week 19. Week 19 is the peak of the fussiness that is attributed to this developmental leap. This Wonder Week is called “the Word of Events.” She is [...]

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Wonder Week 8

Wonder week 8 is know as “The World of Patterns”. During this developmental phases your baby will be come aware of simple patterns around him and on his body. He might stair at lights or stair and play with his hands endlessly. He might even experiment with sounds by making simple babbling noises. Your child [...]

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Wonder Week 5

During week 5 your infant will be near or experiencing a developmental leap. This leap is Called “The World of Changing Sensations”. During this development period your baby will develop a new alertness which will make your baby aware of sensations he has never experienced before. His metabolism and internal organs are also developing. This [...]

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Wonder Weeks- An Overview

In this book Vanderitjt and Plooij discuss 8 periods in an infants life between the ages of birth and 14 months(60 weeks). After extensive research the authors have concluded that babies experience 8 developmental leaps in their cognitive and motor development, much like babies experience growth spurts. The nervous systems experiences rapid change and some [...]

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