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

Teething can hit hard around now, and nobody sleeps well when a molar is on the way.

By 14–15 months, most toddlers have 8–12 teeth, and the first molars are pushing through. That can mean drool, fussiness, chewing on everything, and a stretch of poor sleep and poor eating. Low-grade drool rash around the chin is common. Fever above 38.5 °C is not teething alone, call the pediatrician.

• A cold (not frozen) silicone teether or a chilled clean washcloth to chew.
• Soft, cool foods: curd, cucumber sticks, soft fruit.
• Extra cuddles. The discomfort is real.

Toddler poop changes as they eat more variety, that's normal. Call the doctor if:

• Fewer than 3 poops in a week, especially if stools are hard and painful to pass
• Watery stools for more than 24 hours, or more than 6 loose stools in a day
• Any blood in the stool
• Signs of dehydration: dry mouth, no wet nappy for 6+ hours, very sunken soft spot, sleepy and hard to rouse
• Fever above 38.5 °C, or any fever with refusal to drink

Teething is temporary. You're doing fine.

Molar nights are long, and you have walked the floor through plenty of them. Even teething is baby development pushing forward, uncomfortable but temporary. Hold them close, hold on yourself, and know the easier mornings return.

Around 15 months. Your toddler is everywhere, climbing, pulling, opening, exploring.

Watching two toddlers play together

• If your toddler has playdates or daycare with other 1-year-olds, you'll see hitting, biting, snatching, scratching. None of it means your child is "aggressive". Toddlers haven't built the social control skills yet, words come before impulse control.

Things that often help

• Stay close, ready to redirect
• Name the feeling out loud: "You wanted that. That's hard." Have enough of the favourite toy that they don't have to share the most beloved
• Keep playdates short, an hour is plenty at this age

Indian-context note

• In joint families and large gatherings, your toddler is often around several other children, cousins, neighbours, friends' kids. Brief snatching and hair-pulling is normal. Adults intervening with shouting usually escalates the upset.

Eating well

• Iron-rich meals support patience for both you and toddler. Bajra rotis, palak, methi, jaggery in small amounts, kala chana.

Mum's energy at gatherings

• Big Indian family gatherings are exhausting for mum-of-toddler. Plan an early exit. Eat before, not during. Sit somewhere quiet for 5 minutes mid-event. You don't have to be the perfect mum-host.

Worth flagging

• If your toddler is hitting or biting much more than other toddlers their age, doesn't make eye contact, or isn't responding to their name, mention at the next pediatrician visit. Most aggressive toddlers are normal. A few benefit from early support.

A note on Indian gatherings

• Large family events with several toddlers are exhausting for mum and toddler both. Pack a familiar snack, a quiet-corner toy, and your toddler's favourite blanket. Plan an early exit. The relatives will adjust.

Snatched toys and sudden tears at playdates can rattle you more than the children involved. Parenting a toddler through the before-words stage takes a calm you rebuild daily, and you keep rebuilding it. Your gentle redirections are shaping a kind human, one small squabble at a time.