2yr developmental check

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I've just had the apopintment through for my dd's 2yr check and wondered what sort of thing they do other than height and weight.

Brick building
ball throwing
simple puzzles
getting on and off a chair

There is more but cant remember.

How many words can they say?

HV came to house and asked if I had any issues with anything, eyesight, hearing, sleeping, feeding etc..

During this time (DS playing/chatting/running about) she was watching DS, and Im assuming, she got a general feel that everything else was OK as that was about it.

Oh, they bring a bag of crap that includes a toothbrush and a couple of books so that they can casually drop brushing and reading into conversation as well.

Erm - wow! My dd's 2 yr check consisted of me being asked (at baby clinic with new ds) by the HV to bring in the checklist thingy from her 'red book' just for their records. No visit, no appointment to see HV at all.
I guess practice varies.....

Ours was a home visit and ds was so excited to see the woman that within two minutes of her walking in he had spontaneously jumped up and down, hidden and said 'boo', and told her about the contents of the fruit bowl (quite an honour, reserved for special visitors). She said "Er, well, he's just done everything on my list actually". So we had a cup of tea

My dd had hers at the clinic with about 7 other children. As well as height and weight they checked whether she was feeding herself with a spoon, asked about her vocabulary, whether she was ready for potty training, and if we had any concerns. They had several tables set out and several tasks, including

Brick building
Ball throwing
Puzzles
Recognition of shapes from a book
Tea set (to check development of social skills)
Balloon catching
Colouring books and crayons to check manual dexterity

I am sure my dd could not do everything she was asked like puzzles, shapes - she was 2.3 at the time of the check. The HV also agreed with me that dd's speech was slowish but thought it was fine and just monitor for the time being. For some reason, she booked a home visit for 3 months' time!

HV tried to give me tips about getting dd to sit at the table, play by herself, sleep in her own bed etc. She backed off when she saw I was not having any of it. Under behaviour, she put "fine"

Where we live the 2 year check is replaced by a questionnaire, which I am not entirely sure I got. Felt a bit cheated hearing about my friend's ds who lives 30 mins away in another area, they have a 3yr check and get asked loads of things, yet here ds could be doing/not doing anything as far as they are concerned at clinic

My HV said that they're going to start phasing out the 2.5 year check here because they've found that it's usually the parents with developmentally fine children who attend the clinic, ask for the check etc and they want to concentrate on targeting the non-attendees and trying to focus on children who might slip through the net. The thinking is that if you are the type of parent that would observe your child's behaviour and would raise concerns, any problems would be identified regardless of an arbitrary test involving stacking bricks and idenitfying animals.

They already have got rid of check up where I live (Croydon) but am going on Thursday for some kind of group thing with your 2 yr old. Not sure what is involved wasnt even going to go because I don't think it is compulsory but am intrigued and really nosey to see what it is all about.