A child care and development guide for 18 months old

18 months is the push-pull stage
18 months old is into everything
He is indeed a busybody
At this age, the child is run about
He lugs, dumps, pushes, pulls, pounds
no is his chief word
The child does not readily take no for an answer, but no is his most frequently used word
He cannot stand any frustration
He grasps only now
The child tends to grab what falls within reach of his hands
He definitely wants now what he wants : he cannot wait
He seldom obeys any verbal command
The child cannot do things just to please others
The child is anxious to push and pull his carriage and cart rather than ride in them
He is something of a furniture mover
The child has a strong urge to shift the furniture about and pull things like the telephone etc.
The child likes to walk backward
He even pulls his carriage backward
When you ask him to come here, he runs in the opposite direction stands still, or walks backwards
He takes objects out of drawers
When you ask him to put something in the wastebasket, he is more likely to empty it
Give him a second sock to put on, he is likely to pull off the other one
He likes to complete a situation as soon as he is given the run of the house
He never stays in one place for long for one moment
He hugs his doll, drops it picks up the magazine, tears out a page, gets up and runs over to finger the light plug, next goes to empty the waste basket and so on.