2 years old

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child development stages

Your toddler

How time flies! Your 2 year old toddler toddler may now be able to run, catch a ball and speak in short sentences. And if you’re lucky, they will now sleep through the night, most of the time at least. Now’s the time you might want to start thinking about potty training, although some toddlers take a while longer before they’re ready.  More about your 2 year old here.

You

Tantrums may become a regular feature of life for a while as your little one continues to assert their independence. Don’t take it personally - keep calm, speak in a low voice and try to give them a choice to help them feel in control.

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getting my toddler off the bottle

Submitted by shaun26 on Mon, 06/02/2012 - 23:29.
My 2 1/2 year old its still drinking out the bottle all the time and it has to be milk he has about 4 or 5 bottles a day plus a bottle threw the night he wont drink anything else he plays with his cups but nothing else i am really wanting him to be off bottles before going to nursery have u any tips that might work?

my 2 year old son

Submitted by jamie0309 on Sun, 29/01/2012 - 14:59.
my youngest son is 2 and he still gets up twice during the nightfor a drink.he also has huge tantrums i had him in a 2s group but giv had to take him out as the tantrums are bad am i a bad mum .

broody again!

Submitted by TerriJ21 on Fri, 20/01/2012 - 12:22.
My youngest child is 2 and he is already at a nursery on monday mornings and he is using the toilet and potty very well everyday. he has very big tantrums and sometimes i find it hard to cope when iv got both my boys at home (harvey is 4 and half and is in reception full time). despite all this i think i want another baby! really hoping it will be a girl this time! is this my hormones or am i just mental!

The right age to switch from cot bed to bed

Submitted by Kim2810 on Thu, 19/01/2012 - 14:25.
My daughter is 26 months old and we have been very fortunate that she has sleep all through the night since she was eight weeks old! We decided to change her cot bed into a bed nearly two weeks ago as we were going away last weekend and didn't want the shock of being in a normal sized single bed to be too much for her. Things were great for the first couple of nights, she was proud of herself that she was in a "big girl's bed" but then the problems started. She won't go to sleep now unless one of us is with her - previous to this we would literally put her in the cot bed, shut the door and not hear a peep for 11 hours. She is waking up contantly in the night and coming into our room, this morning she woke up at 2.45am and didn't go back to sleep until nearly 7am. She was so upset when we went away at the weekend that she made herself sick every night. This is so, so unusual for her. She has always been such a good sleeper but now she is completely out of kilter. Does anyone have any advice? Do we persevere and get no sleep or do we accept defeat for now and put the rails back on the bed. Help! xx

sleep

Submitted by charlieandkeira on Thu, 05/01/2012 - 17:42.
My daughter is nearly two, in less then a month, she used to sleep 7oclock everynight!! but over the last few weeks she has started been able to get out of her cot and now does not want to sleep. she gettinh to sleep at like 10oclock please help anyone!!

terrible 2s'!

Submitted by claudia02 on Tue, 20/12/2011 - 21:53.
first time post. am going through terrible 2s' with my little boy at moment and just like jason (jmc300) my daughter who is now 18 was never like this. its stressful ever time you take him out doors, coz he gets so excited, wants everything he sees, never wants to go in pushchair or hold your hand, and lets the whole world know when hes tired but won't go to sleep! on the other hand he is very socialable, lovable, cutest and happiest little boy but has no self control at moment. the advice i have always been given is that they grow out of it, but you have to let them go through it but not run rings around you at the same time!

Handling a 23 month old

Submitted by JMC300 on Tue, 13/12/2011 - 23:33.
Hi, First post on here, I am a stay at home dad, although work part time in an evening, any way I have a 23 month old boy who is really pushing boundries and is going through the terrible 2s stage, we have a naughty corner at home which calms him down and he doesnt really like it but like today when he cried and screamed from getting up to going to bed ( He is not ill, just his daily routine at the moment!) apart from when he had his lunch, juice or had a nap but how do I handle it without resorting to shouting back at him, out 6 year old daughter has been a dream, we never suffered with the terrible 2s stage with her. Any help would be much appreciated Jason

my brother,s daghter is 20

Submitted by samzahid on Mon, 05/12/2011 - 19:11.
my brother,s daghter is 20 month old and she did not eat anything at all.my brother is very tensed.i dont no what should i do for her.plz help.....

BITEING!

Submitted by SaraLouise18 on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 13:56.
hello. I Have a Little Boy who is 2 and im 34 weeks pregnant. He goes to pre school but he bites the other children, i try to tell him off but he dont seem to lisen. the teacher there said its fustration because he cant talk very well yet, any tips on how to stop him? PLEASE!!

Tantrums

Submitted by Bumper08 on Thu, 24/11/2011 - 23:18.
Hey ladies i have a 2yr old and im currently over 25wks pregnant but the problem is my little boy is having bad tantrums im having to restrain him somehow the time out sometimes works not all the time and im not sure what else i can do?
 

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