It is formed by the lower part of the femur, the tibial plateau and the knee cap. It enables hinge and rotating movements as the connection between the upper and lower leg. This means that we can not only bend the lower leg backward but also rotate the lower leg and foot towards the upper leg.
By the time they're 9 months old, most babies have developed the fine motor skills â the small, precise movements â needed to pick up small pieces of food and feed themselves. You may notice that yours can take hold of food (and other small objects) between forefinger and thumb in a pincer grasp.
Drinking about one-and-a-half cups of milk per day is enough to meet the calcium needs of children between ages one and three, the time most typically considered toddler-hood. Babies under the age of one should not have any cow milk at all, even if they have begun walking and are referred to as toddlers.