Tell me about your 2.6 yr old.

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Bottles/dummy/where do they sleep are how many hours/how much milk/potty trained/behaviour

thank-you

DD 2.5

No dummy or bottle but likes a drink of milk before bed at around 7pm. I say 7pm but sometimes she stretches it out till anything up to 9pm - hard work. She wants me to fall asleep with her and have made the huge mistake of playing along. She generally wakes up in the middle of the night and totters through to my room and jumps in beside me. Wakes up around 6-6.30.

Has shown limited interest in potty/loo but has tried sitting on them with encouragement and big whoops etc but she's just not ready so I am not going to bother until she shows interest herself.

Behaviour wise, my dd is challenging!!!! She seems very bright and interested in everything, but sooo willful it is not true. And a little madam at times. She thinks it is hilarious to run away, no matter how I react which is really problematic in shops and near roads.

She can sometimes count from 1 to 10 in sequence but not often. Her speech is still a bit wooly although she has a lot of words and works out ways to make herself understood ("daddy wanna big cuggle me?").

DS1 is a little older (3.2) but at 2.6 he...

Had never had a bottle
No dummy since 9mo
Had just gone into a big bed, dropped his nap as a result but slept 12-13hrs at night
Didn't really drink milk (still doesn't) but eats 3 yoghurts a day
No interest in potty training, has only just trained now
Behaviour: obstinate, demanding, fussy, chatty and lovely

2.8

No bottle, no dummy, no longer bf
Has 2 or 3 small cups of milk a day
Generally eats well but is picky if tired.
Own room, single bed with bedguard and step to climb in
Sleeps 8pm-7am ish, up till now has napped for an hour after lunch but bedtimes have been bad recently so we are dropping it from this week.
Wakes in the night perhaps once a week (was every night till about 2.5)

Potty trained 2wks ago, dry night and day so long as you stick her on first thing in the morning and every 2-3h thereafter.

Good vocab and improvign grammar (still uses he/his for everyone)
getting sense of time (all events in past are 'yesterday', future events are 'on Tuesday/Friday/etc' at random)
recognises M for mummy and her own initial but no others
recites number to 24 but can only counmt objects to 5
deeply into imaginative play - dashes off on trike saying 'Come on Christioper Robin, we going to the dentist' etc

Strong-willed but open to coercion

Great to see a wide range of levels. I worry about DD being behind in some things (bottle, dummies, potty training) but she is so bright in other ways (articulate, and always been quite physically advanced, e.g. she walked more competently than many of her peers, stopped 'toddling' a long time ago - that said she is a lazy walking refusnik at times!)

DD is 2.6.

On beakers before 1 as I only had a couple of bottles by the time bf was phased out at 8 months and didn't see the point in buying more. Never interested in dummy but sucks fingers.

Moved from cot to full size single a week ago and so far so good. Sleeps 7.00pm to 7.00-8.00am but no naps (attempts result in huge tantrums). Rarely wakes in the night.

1-2 small cups of milk per day and a beaker at bedtime. Eats a varied diet with relish.

Potty trained at Easter and was dry within a week but only just getting there with poos.

Strong willed, stubborn, independant but also sociable, giggly, determined, imaginative and brave. Bloody hard work at the moment as everything is a battle.

dd1 2.4
still has dummy - more often than i'd like in daytime, but can't face that battle yet
milk AM and PM in bottle - know we 'should' be on beakers now for that but can't face that battle either!
VERY willfull and independent, not open to coercion whatsoever..has to do everything herself ('i do it') and huge tantrums if she can't for any reason. does not get the naughty step or any other discipline method i try to install.
average 4 tantrums on a good day - countless tantrums on a bad day
mummy has to do everything for her - doesn't let DH do anything for her...we are fighting this battle - but can't say we're winning it..
2 - 2.5 hours sleep most days from 2pm ish
bedtime 7.45pmish wakes bang on 12 hrs later, very rarely wakes in the night (touch wood..) sleeps in sleep bag in cot, no rush for bed as she's settled and contained!
hates having bum changed - not quite ready for potty tho, sees it as a game
has repetoire of about 6 meals we have to constantly rotate, won't eat veg!
talking more and more each day, probably only understandable to me and DH tho
loves to act out 'being at nursery' with all her dolls, happy to do this all day long
shy with others
adorable but exhausting

DD was 2.6 yesterday

No bottle , would never take one. Went straight to a cup when she started having water/milk. No dummy - tried to give her one a few times as a newborn but she always just spat it out.

Just transferred to sleeping in a single bed from cot (I am 30 wks pg so need cot again soon). She loves her bed and helped her daddy put it up.

Not really sleeping in the day, unless she falls asleep in the car for 30-40 mins (but is v grumpy when she wakes up - getting easier for her just not to have a nap). Wakes between 6-7 am. Goes to sleep 7pm.

No idea how much milk, I ask her at meals (and sometimes inbetween) if she wants milk or water and she varies in what she wants. Maybe a couple of small cups a day?

Potty trained in last few weeks, didn't seem ready a month ago (just weed on the floor for two day! Luckily we have wooden floors). Then 2 wks later went over to pottty and sat on it without any encouragement from me, hasn't looked back since. Did a bit of bribing her with smarties to keep her doing it though. Still in nappy at nightime, no plans to stop that for a while.

Behaviour, pretty busy, typical 2 yr old really, fine as long as she has plenty to do and gets lots of exercise every day to wear her out.

Dd2 2.6
Still has dummy, would prefer her not to use it in the day except for naps, i tell her to take it out of her mouth when talking.
No milk refuses now, loves water in beaker, hates juice
Says loads but not always fluently
Loves singing, make believe games, books and the park
Haven't even tried potty training yet will do so in a couple of months not really bothered at the mo, but we are reading/talking about the potty.
Adores her older sister (8) and copies everything she does
Behaves pretty well, Doesn't have tantrums, but wants everything Dd1 has.
Bad sleeper although naps between 1-1.5hs in day, wakes a lot at night.

DS3 is 2.8

He has never had bottles and dummies so have not had to deal with getting rid if them.

No longer goes to bed for a nap in the afternoon but tends to climb on my knee and nods off for half an hour or so after lunch (I love this )

Has been dry day and night since he was 2.1.

Still sleeps in a cot in our room. He sleeps from 7.30pm til 7am (need to move him out soon though as DC4 is due in Nov...)

Mine is now 36m as of Friday,but 6m ago she was still bf (and still is now)so no bottles,using a cup since under a year,no dummy ever,sleeping in bed with me (still there)no nappies day or night from 24m,waking several times a night (still once or twice most nights) Horrendous tantrums (still having them) no daytime nap from about 18m.Was freakishly early talker (assessed with speech of av 3 year old at 22m)So great speech.very funny,very loving of her older sister.(still v loving but rather more likely to bash her now !)Determined to do everything on her own.Not able to pedal a trike (can do it now) but good at climbing.Loving Peppa pig,making mud pies and sweeties.(all still true)

DS is 2.9

Doesnt have dummy or bottle - never did
Is in a toddler bed with a side barrier thing.
Eats most stuff but not good with green things (mostly veg obviously)>
Drinks water or v weak squash/juice form a beaker. Has milk in creal but doesnt drink it as a drink.
Can go without a nap but usually has something betwen 1 hr and 2 hrs a day if possible.e
Likes to do wees in the toilet but is anti sitting so wont sit on a potty at all. No-where near pooing anywhere other than nappy.
Very funny little boy - great sense of humour and v cheeky. can count to 20 and has good vocabularly.

DS 2.6

Gave up bottle at about 13 months
No dummy since 12 weeks old
In a single bed since 2nd birthday
Has at least one cup of milk a day and milk on his cereal
Still has a nap in the afternoon for about an hour.
Not potty trained, totally uninterested. Am trying to relaxed about that.
Behaviour, good speech, especially cheeky, not too many tantrums. Energetic.

My DD now age 2.9 but not much has changed since 2.6. My answers to your original post:

I stopped giving her bottles once she mastered sucky cups and had dropped bedtime feed (approx 1 year max).

Still has a dummy to sleep, haven't had will power to end that one. But will try at age 3 with dummy fairy, as other friends have I just place a couple of extra ones in the bed at night, so she can always find one. She doesn't have it in the day, only for sleep and she understands that.

She sleeps in a single bunk bed (bottom). Has done, since she catapulted herself out of her cot at high speed and had to be moved into a bed at about age 2.2

She still takes a nap in the day between 1pm and 3pm and goes to bed at 7.30pm and wakes after 6am.

She has milk in a cup at breakfast and dinner only and drinks water otherwise.

Potty training is a tough one. She's great at weeing on the potty but still hopeless about poo's. She hides to do them and really dislikes even the thought of doing on potty, despite offer of treats if she does. So work in progress here still. Still wearing pull ups.

Her talking is now only just getting good. Tantrums are worse if overtired. Now her language is improving it is helping me a lot. Most of the time she is a happy and helpful child. Her younger brother is worse on tantrums at only 15 months!

HTH

My Ds2 now 37mths
Milk in sippy cup from 24 mths since 30 mths he's not really bothered asks for it if he wants it but no bedtime milk usually
he sucks his thumb always has
been toilet trained wee wise from 2.5 but the poo took time... 95% reliable but wears nappy at night and can sleep through pooing

Behaviour
95% gorgeous and charming 5% destructive and stroppy ;)

Oh sleep
always been a good 12 hr night sleeper
giving up daytime naps for last few months.
He sleeps in an ikea kids extendable low bed since 2.5 with side rail, still loves his grobag...

DS will be 3 in September.

Has dummy to sleep only - we have always been strict with this. He has it on one of those dummy strings which is attached to his pillow so he can find it in the middle of the night.

He stopped having milk in the day when he was quite young & from about 18 months we stopped giving him his morning/bedtime milk in a bottle as I needed bottles for DS2 who was on the way. He now only has a cup of cold milk (his choice) at bedtime in an anyway up cup which is leak proof as sometimes he wants to take it to bed. Occationally he will ask for milk in the morning.

NOT potty trained yet.

Has always been fab sleeper, but is outgrowing his daytime naps & will "bank" them up, having one or two a week for a couple of hours.

My little man is 2.9 months

Got rid of bottles/ dummies just after his first birthday.

In bed - and sleeps 7pm to 7am. Occasionally has a nap towards the end of the week.

Still not potty trained, although he spend lots of time without nappies. I just have to do a final push to get rid of them, but we have had a few holidays so it's been delayed!

Language is getting there but definitely not great.

can count to 5, knows colours and a couple of shapes.

Very, very lively and likes to push boundaries, but also very sunny and rarely has tantrums. Really loving and affectionate.

DS 2.9

Never had bottles or dummy, but gave up BFing very gradually of his own accord about 6 months ago.

Sleeps in a bed which he happily goes into and falls asleep by himself, but comes through to join us every night without fail, any time between 11pm and 4am. No naps at home, only at the childminder's house. Bedtime around 7.30pm and wakes between half 6 and 7, very occasionally sleeps until 9.

He has milk as a drink with meals or often half a mug of warm milk before bed, if he's not eaten much or if he's wired. No idea how much a day, some days none, just depends what he wants.

Potty trained fairly reliably as of 6 weeks ago (attempt at 2.5 failed), still occasional accident but less than once a week. Embarrassed me last week by cheerfully pulling down pants in the middle of the park and proceeding to pee all over himself and the path - witnessed by a fellow MNer of course

Behaviour OK really, fairly compliant and there's room for persuasion/negotiation with most things. Has the odd almighty strop but on the whole cheerful and affectionate with wicked sense of humour. Asks questions incessantly, can do shapes and colours and numbers to 12 although struggles to count as far as 10 without help. Most of learning capacity currently devoted to finding places on walls where felt tip pen drawings can be concealed!

Dd 2.9

never had bottles, dropped dummy at 8 months was sleeptime only anyway.

In big bed since 2.

No pushchair since 2, it's been a struggle going shopping I can tell you. Very fond of running away.

No daytime sleep since around 2, unless in car and she's had a busy morning.

Sleeps 8pm to 6 30, with one waking for no discernible reason.

Has milk with cereal sometimes a little in a cup.

Very strong willed and particular, can be very sweet as well.

Out of nappies around 2.3, straight to toilet use, dry at night at same time.

Recognises numbers and letters, excellent language skills, is a bit of a marvel on that score.

My DD will be 2.8 in about a week. She is very very chatty but very strong willed. Funny and empathetic and cheeky. We play at swapping roles; I say (as her) 'muuuum, I want a snack', she says (as me), 'in a moment, just give me five minutes peace.'!

She sleeps 8.15/ 8.30 pm to 7.30am in a full sized single bed. Doesn't tend to wake unless ill or bad dreams. Often naps in pm at the childminder's, rarely naps with us unless taken out for long walk after lunch.

She drinks milk in a tommy tippi cup, can use an open cup as long as she's sitting still (not often). Will often have a beaker of warm milk first thing and last thing.

Recently has got a bit fussier about food and also has started to worry about monsters, dragons, witches, shadows, etc etc, so is making bedtime a bit more hard work.

Haven't gone full into potty training yet but have started offering option of sitting on potty when changing nappy and have had three poos on the potty in three days so will go for it when current nappies run out.

My DD is 2.8

She has never had a bottle or dummy so cannot answer that question. She drinks water or milk from either her tommee tippee cup or a beaker without a lid.

She sleeps 11-13hrs a night in a bed and generally only wakes if she needs the toilet. She hasn't had day-time naps for about a year now, unless she is poorly.

She is day and night potty trained and has been for a while now. Happy to use either the toilet or the potty.

She eats very well, has milk with her cereal in the morning and I am lucky that she hasn't gone through a really fussy stage yet!

She speaks very well and is a constant chatterbox, recognises numbers 1-20 and also recognises most letters of the alphabet. Her role play is really good (loves playing mummy to her dolly) and she loves reciting nursery rhymes. Her behaviour is usually very good, but she can be strong willed at times!

DS is 2.6.

Has one bottle of milk before bed. We've talked about giving it up but he's still attached to it.

Has the dummy for nap and night time too.

Still in a cot but we've just ditched the gro-bag so he has a duvet now. We'll take the sides off fairly soon

He has 2 hour naps when at home (4 days a week) but less at nursery, an hour on average. He sleeps from about 7.30pm-6.30am.

9oz of milk in his bedtime bottle. He will not drink milk at any other time. I've tried a variety of cups, warm/cold milk, chocolate or strawberry milk, with a straw...I even bribed him with a sticker the other day but he won't have it. He took a sip when I bribed him but obviously didn't like it so I won't push him again. He has milk on his porridge in the morning, a yoghurt every day and usually cheese in some form every day too. He's also a big fan of custard and rice pudding.

Not potty trained. He's edging towards it though as he knows when he's pooed now and over the past week has told us he's pooed and asked to be changed. He did one wee on the potty but that was a fluke I think (he likes to sit on the potty before bath and I think it just coincided with when he needed to wee)

He's a good talker and quite clever I think! Loves balls above all else and can kick, throw and catch well. He's a mummy's boy and can be shy around strangers and other children but once he warms up he's friendly and kind (just getting the hang of taking turns and sharing). He can be clingy and although he's getting better at playing independently, he doesn't really like to be left too much.

He's a whinger rather than a tantrummer but in general he behaves very well and has nice manners.

He doesn't push to be independant in the way some toddlers do, which is frustrating in some ways but good in others (i.e. he doesn't run off when we are out and will walk along holding my hand)

My DS is 2.6 years old. Never had dummy, stopped bottles at about 18 months old, has yogurt before bed now, and only has milk as a drink if having toast for breakfast or a biscuit. He's been in a bed since he turned two, but have gate on door as occasionally will get out of bed during the night if he needs something. Naps for 1.5 hours every afternoon, bed time is 7.30ish and wakes between 6 and 7am.
Generally a joy to be around, so becoming quite winey, and very loud. His speech has improved greatly but are being referred to speech therapy as goes through stages are very bad stuttering.
Tried toilet training three months ago and were unsuccessful, planning on leaving it until the end of summer as he just doesn't seem ready yet.
He loves diggers, refuse lorrys and tractors, as well as his mummy!

No bottles, stopped those at just over a year (i think)....seems so long ago!! Has milk to drink at breakfast and at night plus sometimes in day too, uses a normal cup/beaker.

No dummy, only used occasionally when v. young. Has a snuggly rabbit thing though, i wouldnt fancy doing bedtime without it either! Sleeps 7 to 7 ish generally, no naps in the day mostly.

Has been in a bed since 20 months. Potty trained for 3 months now and is dry at night too; wasnt convinced he was ready but i was sick of washing nappies so went for it and he had it sussed within a few days.

Eats plenty of most things.

Behaviour, some strops but nothing too bad. Talks lots, can kick a ball better than ds1 (4). Generally v. happy chappy...although was hysterical the other night as i took his jumper off for him!!