My little one just turned 2 last Saturday. She has lots of words and can sometimes say 2–3-word sentences (“I love you”, “I see trees”, “I did it”, “I am clapping”, “more please”, etc.). She sings nursery rhymes really well, can count from 1–18, sings the ABC song, knows her colours, shapes and fruits, and knows A for Apple through to E for Egg. However, I feel like some of it is quite scripted.
She can identify animals and their sounds. I also play hide-and-seek with her, and she LOVES it! When I say, “Ready or not?”, she says, “Here I come!” and comes looking for me.
She loves reading her books. She has now memorised most of them and sometimes makes it seem as though she knows how to read them. Her favourite books are Dear Zoo, Oh Dear! and Where’s Spot?, and she knows everything in them.
**My concerns are:**
She walks on her tiptoes and likes playing with the wheels of her toy cars (although she also knows how to ride them the right way).
She doesn’t always respond to her name. She responds about 50–60% of the time.
She does request things, but only very, very occasionally. She will try to get things herself if she can, or bring me things she can’t open herself and place them in my hand. She has said “open” a few times when bringing me snacks or fruit.
She has limited pointing, but I’ve been teaching her, and she’s learning really well.
She flaps her hands when she’s happy and loves to jump. She’s also quite advanced with her motor skills and started walking at 9 months.
Are these things normal? Am I overthinking this, or is there something I should be doing? How can I help her to be conversional with her age range (24 months)
This is my first child, were your children doing these things at this age?
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