31-month-old: Physical, motor, cognitive and emotional development

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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Nguyen Thai Ngoc Chau - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology, Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital. Uncle has 9 years of experience in the field of Pediatrics - Neonatology, former Deputy Head of Pediatrics Department of Phuong Chau International Hospital (Can Tho). His strength is examination and treatment of children's nutrition problems, pediatric emergency resuscitation, pediatric pathology treatment.
When the baby enters the age of 31 months, the child will have many physical changes, the child can talk more and know a lot of vocabulary. Although the child's pronunciation is still quite immature, almost everyone can hear and understand the child's meaning.

1. Physical development and movement

Children at this stage grow faster and stronger in height than in weight. The weight and height of a 31-month-old baby can reach.
Boy: Height - 92cm, weight - 13.5 kg Girl: Height - 91.1 cm, weight - 13.2 kg At this time, children's motor skills are developing and becoming more proficient. For example: From the time the child begins to learn to walk, at this stage, the child knows how to jump in the air and his feet can be lifted off the ground.
Moreover, the child's hand movements are also very skillful and mature. In particular, at this time, children can use chopsticks to eat, can hold a pen to draw... or do jobs that require meticulousness and ingenuity of their hands. Children begin to be more physically active. Parents should encourage their children to go to the playground or participate in sports activities.

2. Cognitive development

When children enter the age of 31 months, their motor skills are increasingly developing, and their cognitive abilities also continue to improve. Right now, the child can detect round, diagonal shapes, and moreover he can also draw these shapes skillfully.
In addition, at this age children are quite curious about the outside world and often ask questions to their parents about some unknown things such as: What is this child?, what is this used for? .... When children ask such questions, please patiently explain so that children understand everything more easily. At the same time, parents should never lose their children's curiosity.

3. Emotional development

At this stage, your child may still be a little shy, but this will pass quickly, especially when your child starts school. At this time, children will become more active and energetic. The most important thing for children, parents should create a space for children to play or interact with children of the same age so that children get acquainted, not be surprised when adapting to new conditions.
Some tips:
Parents, please register your children to participate in extracurricular classes and take them out as often as possible. Every moment outside will be a great opportunity to teach children how to communicate with the people around them. At the same time, these also teach how to share, wait, and receive sharing from others Role-playing games will give children interesting ideas to help them connect with the environment around better. At this stage, parents let children carry out their own daily activities. This way, children will have the opportunity to make decisions.

4. Language and speech development

Children at this stage also begin to be more creative, confident and conversational. At the same time, children's vocabulary and phonetics are also gradually developing. Therefore, to stimulate communication ability and help children have more vocabulary, communicate regularly with children.
Some advice:
This is a good time for parents to discipline their children. But only use positive forms of discipline to help your child comply better. Use a variety of media to help your child learn better, such as flash cards, media... These tools will be great for your baby to expand their vocabulary as well as how to use words appropriately. contextual. In addition, parents should nurture and develop their children's vocabulary by reading stories to them. Furthermore, babies at this stage can begin to string words together to form complete sentences, so parents should encourage and encourage them. For cases of 31-month-old children with delayed speech, parents should take the child to a doctor so that they can find out the cause as well as timely remedy.

5. Health and nutrition

At this age, children may show signs of being picky eaters, so parents should keep an eye on what foods their children love, and be patient with them in eating. At the same time, choose healthy foods to provide adequate nutrition for children.
To ensure nutritional quality for children, parents should provide enough 4 food groups in each meal. The number of meals should also be adjusted to suit the age of the child. Children need 3 main meals and 1-2 snacks. Not only that, parents should balance the nutritional composition of meals. For example, breakfast is about 25% of the food for the whole day, lunch is about 35% and dinner is about 30%.

A 31-month-old baby needs 5mg of elemental zinc/day to eat well, reach the correct height and weight, and exceed the standard. Zinc plays a role in affecting most biological processes taking place in the body, especially the breakdown of nucleic acids, proteins... Organs in the body when zinc deficiency can lead to a There are a number of diseases such as neurological disorders, irritability, etc. Therefore, parents need to learn about the role of zinc and guide them to appropriate zinc supplements for their children.
In addition to zinc, parents also need to supplement their children with other important vitamins and minerals such as lysine, chromium, B vitamins,... errands.
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Reference sources: theasianparent.com, whattoexpect.com, nanocanxi.vn