Toddler Development
Toddler Milestones
Home to toddler development.
Is your little one reaching their toddler milestones?
As parents and carers we are always concerned about our little ones and their development?
I don't know about you but we were always checking with other parents.
What is your Johnny doing now?
Oh! he is crawling...walking.
Then we measure what our own toddlers are doing.
As parents of four we both recognise that we did that and that we were concerned if our toddler had not reached their developmental milestones.
It is important to keep in mind though that toddlers develop at their own pace.
Some will develop in an area earlier than other toddlers, some later.
Developmental milestones are there as a guidance.
Having said that, of course, if you are worried at all speak to your health visitor.
Toddler Development
Toddler development milestones.
These can be split into several broad areas:
Language.... this includes speech, body language, being able to interpret body language and the ability to understand language.
Movement..... which incorporates: Fine motor skills and Gross motor skills.
- Gross motor skills..... include; sitting, crawling. balance, walking, and running.
- Fine motor skills.......include the ability to do things like: using pincer movements with fingers to be able to pick up small items,
- the ability to hold objects and manipulate them ie. drawing, feeding themselves.
Social skills....this covers responding to family members and others appropriately,
empathy for others, and the ability to engage in play with others
Cognitive skills..... memory skills, reasoning skills, understanding skills, learning skills and thinking skills.
Between the ages of 1 to 3 your toddler will change rapidly. The little immobile baby you once had is now into everything.
This is also the time when your toddler will get into scrapes and may hurt themselves as they are into everything and know no danger. Check out our
toddler safety page for some great safety tips.
Toddler Development Milestones Split Into Age Ranges
Check out the developmental milestones for your 12 month old here
For your 18 month old check out this
developmental milestones page.
Your toddlers 2 to 3 year milestones can be found here.
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