I was just thinking to myself over the past week what a neat age 18 months old is.  In fact, from 12 months onwards it gets pretty cool.  

These little people start to really develop their own personality - their likes and dislikes, they start to talk and walk - it's definitely a much more rewarding time.  I'm actually enjoying it alot more than I did in perhaps that first year when the first three months are just somehow managing the madness!

With the spate of wet weather we had a few weeks ago it was a challenge to keep the 18 month old entertained at home!  We tend to have activities on in the morning of most day's of the week, so luckily it's usually just the afternoons that we have to fill .. however when we did have those seemingly endless day's

I was reading the magazine from my old University in Reading, England, and came across this..."Young children can be particularly fussy when it comes to trying new foods, and will often refuse to eat food unfamiliar to them. Research preliminary findings suggest that toddlers (around 21-24 months) who regularly look at pictures of fruit and vegetables that are not part of their normal diet are much more enthusiastic about trying them."