Your child is no longer a baby, but a pre-toddler. Unfortunately, this term is not used enough. People often still talk of a baby, and then, all of a sudden, about a toddler. There is however a phase in between: the pre-toddler months. A time during which a pre-toddler takes no fewer than three mental leaps: those of programs, principles, and systems. A time during which the brain clearly develops differently to how it did during babyhood.
In this article you can read more about your pre-toddler’s brain development from 12-18 months. In this period, it is not so much about new areas of the brain but more how about the aforementioned parts develop further, such as the areas responsible for cognition and learning, movement, language, and social-emotional issues.