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her fingers to lift up flaps and play with textures. You might find that she forms an attachment to a particular book and wants to read it again and again. This will require some patience from you, though you may like having the opportunity of some

with no success then, rather than letting her become frustrated, make the target a little easier so she can reach her goals. Give her objects of different weights, sizes, colours and textures to play with to help her learn at the same time as developing her

.Leading up to ovulation your cervical mucus changes consistency to provide a healthy environment for sperm during your fertile time around ovulation. Most women’s cervical mucus changes from a sticky or gluey texture, usually cloudy, white or yellowish

skills and co-ordination improve he'll enjoy building and making things, exploring different textures and observing how different substances behave when shoveled, shaped and poured. He can have a good go with simple, chunky jigsaws and might enjoy playing

and jigsaw pieces. As you play you can help her learn the contrast between different textures, sizes and temperatures and help her grasp opposing concepts such as hot and cold, hard and soft, wet and dry, smooth and rough and so on. Try putting out

nice array of colours, textures and prints. Grandparents and second-hand shops are good sources if you haven't hung on to any of your old clothes and shoes. While sharing toys still isn't an appealing notion to most 23-month-olds, many are very

by colour as well as by size, shape and texture. What you can doAs your toddler struggles to become independent you can help him by giving him the opportunity to take control in certain areas and to try to accomplish tasks himself, resisting the temptation

or anxiety of some kind it's better not to dismiss her emotions as 'being silly' or laughable. Instead offer comfort and calm reassurance. By the age of three most toddlers are happily sorting objects by colour as well as by size, shape and texture. Play

Your baby’s skin is now gaining a proper colour, instead of its previous translucent hue, and its wrinkly texture is becoming smoother. And if you’re at the 34-week mark, you don’t need us to tell you that she’s stretching and kicking in every direction