Milestones: 2 Years


  • Uses spoon to feed self
  • Chews food well
  • Raises and drinks from cup
  • Engages in simple pretend play
  • Uses 50 or more recognizable words but understands as many as 300 words
  • Puts 2 or more words together
  • Joins in nursery rhymes and songs
  • Refers to self by name
  • Understands simple commands and conversation
  • Points to and repeats the names of body parts
  • Builds a tower of 6 blocks
  • Imitates a vertical line on paper with a crayon
  • Turns pages in a book one page at a time
  • Climbs stairs holding onto railing
  • Throws a small ball
  • Pulls wheeled toy by string forward and backward
  • Runs on whole foot but stops by falling or running onto something or someone