1. Keep your food sources in metal or glass containers with secure lids. Mice can eat through cardboard, certain plastics, and other forms of containers to get at food. In order to cut down the mice's food supply, make sure that you don't leave any food out, or if you do, to put it in something that mice cannot get at.
At 18 months, children typically use around 50 (but we don't worry too much unless they have fewer than 10-20). At 24 months, children usually have an expressive vocabulary of 200-300 words (but we don't worry too much unless they have fewer than 50). At 3 years, children can have anywhere from 500-1,100 words in their vocabulary. By 5-7 years, children have an expressive vocabulary of 3000-5000 words.
1 Understanding simple words â You should be concerned if your child does not understand the words no, bye-bye, and bottle (if appropriate) by the age 15 months. 2  Vocabulary â Your child should use single words by 15 to 16 months of age at the latest. 3  They should have a 10 word vocabulary by 18 months of age.