The one-year-old little girl of your colleague gets up from bed, but she does not cry. However, she does not love to eat at all.

Both of you are deeply concerned. One thought haunts every parent’s mind: “Is my baby normal?”

However, the truth is every mother is concerned about their babies the way you are, and you will hear the same thing from them when you ask. Every parent is confused about at least one behavior trait of their child.

Your child’s behavior changes with time as he/she acquires newer skills that help the change. This article deals with the anticipated behavior pattern of children who are anywhere between six months to twenty months old. Sure, the behavior of a 12-month-old child is not exactly the same as that of a 20-month-old child. With these differences in mind, this article has been designed with two different groups.

·        1^st Group: Children aged 6 weeks to 12 weeks.

·        2^nd Group: Children aged 13 weeks to 23 weeks.

1^st Group:

·        Self Entity: Children will start thinking on their own with their own style and strategy.

·        Changes: Changes will occur in everything that children do like feeling, watching, touching, laughing, taste, etc.

·        Social changes: A child will consider its mother’s lap to be the safest corner. A child tends to stay away from the strangers, and gains trust towards them who stay close all the time.

·        Response: The child will try to talk to you. Seeing your child delivering gestures like moving hands, mouth, nodding or uttering broken words, you may understand what he/she wants. If a child seems to sleep peacefully or avoids responding on hearing sounds, it is recommended that you talk to a doctor.

·        Anticipating response: Your child will try to find the essential things on his/her own. When the child will try to deliver words towards you, he/she is likely to expect response from you.

·        Expression: Your child will start expressing his/her feelings, good or bad, through gestures like smiling, crying, waving hands or flinging legs.

·        Special person: Your child may feel stronger attraction for a special person than you. If you are a busy mother, you may employ a governess who your child starts considering closer to his/her than you. Your child may feel happy with the governess while your presence may cause him/her to cry.

·        Wake up: Your child may suddenly wake up without any cause start crying. It is simple. Do not worry about it.

·        Eating: Needless to worry; you may use bottles having faced with problems while breastfeeding your child. However, if your child does not want to eat and starts crying just when you try to feed him/her, you have really something to worry about.

2^nd Group:

A little more attentive: Your little kid will become more attentive than before as he/she will stick to one who makes any sound or signals.

Understanding of the good and bad: The child will now start learning what is good and what is bad. Avoid picking a quarrel before him/her as it will bring in much bad effects on him/her. Your quarrels may make him/her feel bad about both of you.

Faster response: Your child will deliver faster response to your words. Using his/her limbs and eyes, he/she will try to make quick contact with you.

Differences: A child at this age attempts to identify different things from their color, shape and noise. For example, if your kid sees you talking over phone frequently, he/she may pretend to talk with the cell phone in hand.

Special person: A child at this stage love to spend time with special persons. For example, if the father brings chocolate in the evening every day, the child may wait for its father. Even he/she will ask for it if the father is at home.

Dependency: A child usually loves to stick to the person who he/she thinks can understand his/her needs well.

Eating and sleeping: The child that once would not be regular in eating and sleeping will now be regular in these matters. He/she will be willing to take meals three times a day with some snacks sometimes and have sleep accordingly. If your child shows aversion to eating or sleeping, you should consult the physician.

The notions mentioned in two sections above are common to children aged from six weeks to twelve weeks and 13 weeks to 23 weeks. If you notice otherwise, you have to contact a doctor.

You should give your child time and care. Remember that you are the best friend of the child.