101 Week Old Baby: Your Baby's Development and Your Recovery This Week

Your toddler is building small skills on top of small skills this week.

At around 25 months, most toddlers can name several body parts, take off their own clothes, build a short tower of 4–6 blocks, and brush their teeth with help (you finish the job). They chain words into short sentences and their personality is loud and clear.

• Twice a day, rice-grain smear of fluoride toothpaste, short soft brush. Let them "do it" for a minute, then you finish for another minute, toddlers miss most of the plaque until around 6–7 years. Make brushing a predictable part of morning and bedtime routines.

No food or sugary drinks after the bedtime brush. Water is fine overnight.

• Step stool at the basin, a pump soap they can press, a towel on a low hook.
• Short, clear handwashing steps: wet, soap, rub, rinse, dry. A short song marks the time.
• A tooth-brushing routine song or a 2-minute sand timer.

• "Why is my toddler behaving like this?" is a fair question around 2. Most of it is normal developmental churn, big feelings, strong will, no words yet for half of it. Your consistent calm is the treatment. Tantrums aren't something to fix; they need a safe adult nearby.

• A fever that stays above 38.5°C for more than 48 hours, refusing all fluids, unusual drowsiness, or trouble breathing, call your pediatrician right away.

Naming knees and elbows, tugging off socks, stacking one more block than last week: growth is happening in pocket-sized pieces. This layering of little skills is toddler development at its most honest, unhurried and homegrown. You are the constant in every one of those small victories.

Around 24 months. Routines for your own day, not just the toddler's.

A simple mum-routine that works at year 2

• Morning: wake up, water, 10-min stretch or pranayama, breakfast within 1 hour of waking
• Mid-morning: a real activity (work, household, walk)
• not phone scrolling
• Afternoon: lunch sitting down, short rest if possible, second walk or activity
• Evening: family time, dinner, wind-down
• Night: 30-min wind-down before sleep, no screens

This isn't rigid, just a visible scaffold.

The non-negotiables

• Three meals a day, eaten sitting
• 30 min movement most days
• Hydration through the day
• Sleep that's protected (no scrolling till midnight)
• One thing for yourself daily

Indian-tradition routines kept

• A Sunday morning temple visit. A daily morning prayer or pranayama. A weekly oil massage. A monthly hair-oil treatment. These small rituals anchor the year, protect mental health, and pass on small wisdom to your toddler.

Eating well

• Three meals + two snacks. The Indian thali rotation. Iron, calcium, B12, Vit D as basics.

Worth flagging

• If your routine has slipped to: skipping meals, no movement, late-night scrolling, no rituals, no breaks, that is a sign the system is overstretched. The slip itself doesn't fix it; deliberate rebuilding does. Talk to a therapist if needed, they can help build sustainable mum-routines that fit your life.

Indian-tradition routine

• For many Indian women, the morning routine starts with prayer or pranayama, lights a diya, drinks warm water with lemon. These small rituals, done before the day starts demanding, anchor the mind. Pick one or two that fit your beliefs. Consistency over a year compounds.

A scaffold for your own day, not just theirs: that shift says you finally count yourself among the people you care for. Parenting a toddler runs smoother when your mornings hold something that is yours, a stretch, a prayer, a quiet glass of water. Protect those anchors; they hold up more than you know.