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12–36 Months
Developmental
Milestones:
12–36 Months
Children go through many changes from ages 12 to 36 months, and no two
toddlers develop at the same pace. One toddler may reach a milestone early,
another later. Infants born prematurely tend to reach milestones a little later.
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It is also not unusual for toddlers to regress in one skill or another from time
to time. Around age 2, for example, sleep problems may develop from certain
fears, such as being afraid of the dark.
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Use these milestones as a general guide. What matters most is that your tod-
dler progresses from one stage to another at a fairly steady pace. Reaching
a milestone earlier or later usually does not indicate whether a toddler will be
advanced or delayed later in life.
Milestones during ages
They can stack two to four blocks.
12 – 36 months
They are able to remove a few articles
The following is a general guide to some
of clothing.
basic milestones for physical, cognitive,
Cognitive development milestones:
language, and social and emotional devel-
Toddlers like to play games that involve
opment reached during ages 12–36 months.
finding hidden objects.
12 – 24 months
They like to look at picture books and
Physical development milestones:
can identify things in the pictures.
A toddler’s teeth will come in quickly.
They engage in behavior that shows
knowledge about the purpose of house-
Toddlers are able to crawl faster
hold objects. For example, they might
and better.
use a fork to pretend to eat.
They can pull themselves up and
They can label objects.
stand while holding on to furniture,
and they can get back down on the
They demonstrate an understanding
floor themselves.
of shapes.
They like to take objects from one place
The show early problem-solving skills,
to another.
trying out different solutions to problems.
Toddlers can sit in a chair that is
Language development milestones:
their size.
Toddlers use one word to mean a whole
They like to use crayons and markers,
sentence, such as “kitty” to mean the
and they use their entire arm to color.
cat jumped on the sofa. Later, they
start using two words to mean a
They are able to feed themselves with
cutlery and cups, but they are messy.
whole sentence.
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