Abstract
Background of the study: Childrens growth and development are top priorities. A young childs physical and intellectual development corresponds to his developmental stage. A mother must comprehend these developmental milestones so that her childs health care needs are fulfilled effectively. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to compare the development of speech and milestones of toddler among working and non-working mothers of toddler. Setting and design: Descriptive comparative survey design was adopted. The study was conducted among 140 working and non-working mother of toddler of Jhanjhari Block, Gonda Uttar Pradesh. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. Results:The research indicated a non-significant link between toddler speech development and milestones and demographic variables at the threshold of 0.05, implying that Hypothesis H2 is rejected. The association between level of development of speech and milestone of toddler with demographic variable, which was none significant at the level of 0.05 except for number of children, is accepted only for number of siblings and rejected for the rest of the demographic variable in non-working mothers. Conclusion: The majority of mothers had normal growth in terms of speech and toddler milestones, but there is still a need for health care providers to motivate them to improve their childs development.
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