Child Development

16-18 Months

• Understands simple verbal commands
  
• 10 word vocabulary
  
• Names a few pictures in book
  
• Feeds self with some spilling
  
• Hugs doll or bear
  
• Builds 3-4 block tower
  
• Strokes imitatively with pencil
  
• Scribbles spontaneously
  
• Walks fast, runs stiffly
  
• Climbs into adult chair
  
• Walks upstairs with one hand held
  

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