The Canadian mother's book / by Helen Macmurchy, M.D., (Tor) Chief of the Division of Child Welfare.

  • MacMurchy, Helen, 1862-1953
Date:
[1927]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Canadian mother's book / by Helen Macmurchy, M.D., (Tor) Chief of the Division of Child Welfare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Talking Ihe baby begins to make articulate sounds at about ten or twelve months, says words at about twelve to fifteen months and at about two years can make sentences. JojTe B. began to say one or two words when she was eleven months old. At thirteen months, when a visitor said “How do you clo,” she repeated this little sentence and has used it ever since as a salutation. Thereafter she repeated all the words she heard, but of course not with understanding. When she was twelve months she was distressed by a hole in her father s stocking, pointing at it and saying “Ah. She wants to help her mother, and tries to “straighten” her own bed after she gets up. At fourteen months she could pick out babies, horses and dogs in a picture. When she caught sight of the Ottawa River she said “Bath,” and when she looked at a picture of the ocean she said “Bath” again, She did some new thing every day to amuse herself. At sixteen months old Donald C. could take a glass of milk in his hands and drink it himself without spilling a drop. He likes to do this, and has not needed to be fed since he was thirteen months old.