Hi fellow mums
I have a 2YO ( 24 months old ) who’s giving me some concerns as to what her language and social development should be .
She can
- answer simple questions: where’s / what’s / who’s that and what color is dolly etc .. what’s your name or mommy’s name . Yes and no questions and “ what do you want to watch “
- She can understand 2 step instructions like : get dolly and put it on the table , get your shoes and give them to mummy , give daddy a kiss etc simple commands like stop and come her , bath time .
- She has good joint attention and when she sees something interesting she goes “ big truck “ and looks at me .
- She speaks in 2 word sentences and can get her needs met by asking for it using a single word or two words like “more pasta “
- She is still a good sleeper and naps regularly for 1.30 minutes and sleeps from 7 to 6.30 . She can put herself back to sleep .
- She can point to all her body parts and ours .
- Plays alright putting dolly to bed , feeding dolly , stacking towers , driving little cars , pretends to talk on the phone and take dolly out in her stroller
- Loves the word no at the moment
- Responds well to name
- When she sees pictures of herself says “me”but not consistently and that worries me . She can identify daddy and other familiar faces
- Ask some questions like what’s that or what’s that sound ?
- She is a very picky eater or maybe something more : she would eat bolognese pasta and pesto , some veggies like zucchini and lasagna , sometimes apples , croissants and yogurt and meatballs , bread , carrots and sausages . Sometimes curry pasta
- The use of pronouns is a bit iffy : she can use I and me but not mine and very rarely “you”
- She does have tantrums but never last more than a couple of minutes and she doesn’t like us raising our voice or she will start to well up .
- always want to carry toys with her or stuff she collects outside like balls or flowers
She is overly shy and takes a long while to get used to places like coffee shops and playgroups . She wouldn’t join for circle time but she would definitely watch it and move closer to it . ( she hasn’t really been exposed too much to other kids )
She doesn’t say hi or bye to strangers though, even if prompted .
She gets very excitable and loud when there are other kids or adults in that she tries to show off by singing or getting all tensed up with excitement and doesn’t stay still for a minute . She shares toys with them .