Look How You've Grown

Don’t focus on the infamous “terrible twos” stage. This year, your toddler will achieve lots of amazing milestones that you’ll want to celebrate, DR RICHARD C. WOOLFSON reminds.

- DR RICHARD C. WOOLFSON

Your two-year-old is even more inquisitive than before – she is ingenious enough to use a chair as a stepping-stone to climb up, and she’s dexterous enough to be able to pull a safety plug out of the electric wall socket.

There are also physical changes that occur this year, too. For instance, she puts on approximately 2.25 kg and grows about 10cm taller. Most of her 20 baby teeth have broken through her gums and she munches away quite happily with them.

Here are some other milestones of development, which occur during this exciting period in your growing child’s life:

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Now that her leg muscles are stronger, she likes to drag a pull-along toy across the grass, or to sit astride a large toy that has foot pedals.

She starts to talk about herself using her name. Instead of saying, for instance, “Want doll,” she might say, “Debbie want doll.”

Give her some hats to play with, such as a toy police’s helmet and a chef’s hat. She will have great fun using these in her pretend-play.