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Toddler development

Your toddler's development month by month

Smiling toddler girl sat on wooden flooring
Toddler milestone charts
By Polly Logan-Banks
Suprised woman with smiling toddler on lap
Seven surprises to look out for as your child grows up
By Amalia Smith
My toddler doesn't seem to be developing at the same rate as everyone else's. Should I worry?
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Toddler taking first steps while holding mum's hands
Your 13-month-old's development
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Toddler holding tree
Your 14-month-old's development
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toddlers with push toy
Your 15-month-old's development
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mum playing paino and singing to toddler
Your 16-month-old's development
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Baby with coloured blocks
Your 17-month-old's development
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Toddler and mum playing on the floor
Your 18-month-old's development
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Toddler girl in high-chair
Your 19-month-old's development
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Toddler girl with ball, in garden
Your 20-month-old's development
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Toddler girl helping with dishwasher
Your 21-month-old's development
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Toddler girl kicking a ball in the park
Your 22-month-old's development
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Toddler boy climbing stairs
Your 23-month-old's development
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toddler girl with tower of blacks
Your 24-month-old's development
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Toddler girl putting on shoes
Your toddler's development (25 to 26 months)
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Toddler playing with brightly coloured bead maze
Your toddler's development (27 to 28 months)
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toddler girl painting on paper
Your toddler's development (29 to 30 months)
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Mother and child work on a jigsaw together
Your toddler's development (31 to 32 months)
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Mother following toddler boy up a staircase
Your toddler's development (33 to 34 months)
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A mother and two children cut paper shapes with scissors
Your toddler's development (35 to 36 months)
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18 month old playing with toybox
Milestone chart: 13 to 18 months
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24 month old girl smiling
Milestone chart: 19 to 24 months
Reviewed by Harriet Gibbs, Health visitor 
Two year old boy throwing a ball overarm
Milestone chart: 25 to 30 months
Reviewed by Harriet Gibbs, Health visitor 
Two and a half year old boy building a tower with wooden blocks
Milestone chart: 31 to 36 months
Reviewed by Harriet Gibbs, Health visitor 
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Speech and language

Toddler boy singing
Why does my toddler love repetition?
By The BabyCentre UK Editorial Team
girl with pencils annd paper
Help your child learn to write
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Mum and dad reading to small child
Helping your child to love reading
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When, and how, can I teach my toddler to read?
By The BabyCentre UK Editorial Team
Little boy standing outside
My 18-month-old doesn't talk yet. What should I do?
Reviewed by Gemma Caton, Specialist health visitor 
toddler girl with pencil and writing pad
Developmental milestones: writing
Reviewed by Jill Irving RN (Adult) RN (Child) RM (Lapsed), Health visitor
Toddler crawling and playing
Developmental milestones: talking
Reviewed by Gemma Caton, Specialist health visitor 
Little girl on woman's lap, talking
Helping your toddler to talk
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Is it too soon to teach my toddler the alphabet?
By The BabyCentre UK Editorial Team
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I'm worried my child has problems speaking. What should I do? (Video)
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How can I help my child to start talking? (Video)
Mum in the car and turning around to talk to her child seated in the back
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Through the eyes of a child: two to three-year-old (Video)
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When will my child start talking? (Video)
Mum and toddler playing with a toy tea set
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Through the eyes of a child: one to two-year-old (Video)
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Physical development in toddlers

toddler boy with push toy
Pushing and pulling: toddler development
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two toddler boys on tricycles
Pushing and pedalling: toddler development
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Mum helping her toddler to walk
How to encourage your toddler's physical development
By Jenny Leach
toddler boy stacking blocks
Stacking, sorting and stringing: toddler development
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toddler boy scribbles with two crayons
Drawing and scribbling: toddler development
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smiling toddler in swimming pool
Swimming and splashing: toddler development
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toddler boy jumping on a bed
Running and jumping: toddler development
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Mother helping a toddler to get dressed
Dressing and undressing: toddler development
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toddler girl playing in a sandpit
Filling and emptying: toddler development
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girl throwing a ball to a toddler
Throwing and catching: toddler development
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toddler boy and girl playing with toy animals
Boys and girls: developmental differences
Reviewed by Jill Irving RN (Adult) RN (Child) RM (Lapsed), Health visitor
toddler climbing on her father's back
Climbing and balancing: toddler development
Reviewed by Jill Irving RN (Adult) RN (Child) RM (Lapsed), Health visitor
How can I encourage my 14-month-old to walk?
By The BabyCentre UK Editorial Team
Mother and toddler playing
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Your toddler’s senses (Video)
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Your toddler, month by month

mum outside with baby in jacket and hat
1 year old
Reviewed by Joanne Lewsley, Editor
baby girl lying on the floor and playing with a wooden play cube
13 month old
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mother holding her baby in a swimming pool
14 month old
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child browsing a selection of children's books
15 month old
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mother holding her surprised looking baby
16 month old
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baby sitting on the floor next to the glass doors, taking her shoe off
17 month old
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mother and baby outside, holding on to a small concrete wall and looking over it
18 month old
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baby girl climbing the playing slide metal ladder
19 month old
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child washing dishes with his parent
20 month old
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baby girl sleeping in her bed
21 month old
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father lying on the sofa while baby girl lies on his chest and eats crisps
22 month old
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child bowing down, her head touching the carpet, while looking through her legs
23 month old
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woman and baby girl sitting on the bed and folding laundry
24 month old
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laughing boy laying on bouncy castle
25 month old
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boy sitting in the stroller and biting his mother's index finger
26 month old
Reviewed by Joanne Lewsley, Editor
young girl lying on the floor coloring
27 month old
Reviewed by Joanne Lewsley, Editor
three boys and a girl sitting at a table, eating crackers and fruit
28 month old
Reviewed by Joanne Lewsley, Editor
two girls playing in a sandpit at the park
29 month old
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girl hiding behind an edge of the table
30 month old
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young boy smiling at the park
31 month old
Reviewed by Joanne Lewsley, Editor
father reading a book to his son
32 month old
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boy sitting outdoors, explaining something with hand gestures
33 month old
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little girls having a discussion in the woods
34 month old
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happy family lying on the floor
35 month old
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Community

  • What do you do all day?
    By Catherine2907 in January 2011 Birth Club
    I got up with Ellie at 7 this morning and she pobbled off to play with her toys whilst I rustled us up some breakfast.  We had a bite to eat together at the table and then I sat on the floor with her until about 8am whilst she played with her toys.  She is so intense and if in the mood will sit for
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