How much did your child change between 2 and 3?

[tommmiie]

Just wondering really ! DS is 27mo and each month since his 2nd birthday I’ve seen such a difference. This month he can now say please and thank you in the right context I’m so proud of his manners !

he is a bit behind speech wise so is only just putting 2 words together, and his range is still small so he gets frustrated

do tantrums lessen as they can communicate more ?

how different was your little one in that year :)

Bump x

My son is 31 months and is stringing long sentences together and talking all the time. It's a huge difference. Like you say, each month since he turned two is just another massive leap. There are days on end where my husband and I keep saying "he seems to be talking more than he was even yesterday" or "he's talking more than he was this morning before his nap!"

It's mind-boggling. 1-2 years was all the physically amazing stuff like going from cruising to walking to running and climbing etc. But 2-3, it's the language skills that are so exciting.

He'll say, "I want to go to the park with mummy and daddy and I will ride my bike and we can have a smoothie in the cafe please mummy" or "I banged you and it was an accident and made you sad and I'm really sorry mummy."

It's absolutely fascinating to watch him develop. I love seeing how his little mind makes sense of the world.

My son has (so far!) never had tantrums that amount to more than maybe a few minutes of upset over something. But I definitely think he's less frustrated now that he can communicate with us.

I think the tantrums get worse😂Yes, there is less frustration because they can communicate more clearly but they also become incredibly strong willed and opinionated! My (just turned) 3 year old DD loves to say, "No mummy, I will not be doing that!"

I should say that my DS was very different and his language was much slower to develop and there was a huge amount of frustration at not being understood which was heartbreaking. Around 3 and a half-4 was when his speech really developed.

My son is 32 months and no longer feels like a toddler.
in the last few weeks he has started mentioning emotions so when the baby was crying saying x is sad.