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d. The toddler may stay dry during the
day but may need a diaper at night
until about age 4 years.
6. Play
a. The major socializing mechanism is
parallel play, and therapeutic play can
begin at this age.
b. The toddler has a short attention span,
causing the toddler to change toys
often.
c. The toddler explores body parts of self
and others.

d. Typical toys include push-pull

toys, blocks, sand, finger paints and
bubbles, large balls, crayons, trucks
and dolls, containers, Play-Doh, toy
telephones, cloth books, and wooden
puzzles.

7. Safety

Toddlers are eager to explore the world around them; they

need to be supervised at play to ensure safety.
a. Use back burners on the stove to
prepare a meal; turn pot handles
inward and toward the middle of the
stove.
b. Keep dangling cords from small
appliances or other items away from
the toddler.
c. Place inaccessible locks on windows
and doors, and keep furniture away
from windows.
d. Secure screens on all windows.
e. Place safety gates at stairways.
f. Do not allow the toddler to sleep or play
in an upper bunk bed.
g. Never leave the toddler alone near a
bathtub, pail of water, swimming pool,
or any other body of water.
h. Keep toilet lids closed.
i. Keep all medicines, poisons, household
plants, and toxic products in high
areas and locked out of reach.
j. Keep the Poison Control Center number

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