Months 25-27
Mental Development
- Listen closely to other people’s conversations
- Know many body parts
- Point to and name common objects
- Have a rapidly growing vocabulary
- Sometimes become completely absorbed in whatever activity they are doing
- Create own words if they don’t know the right one to express their idea
- Chatter constantly
Visual Development
- Recognise themselves in a photograph
- Enjoy looking at detailed pictures
- Be more interested in objects in the distance
- May be easily distracted as peripheral vision improves
- Look through picture books and study objects in their hands more closely
Growth
25 Months
- Weigh about 11.7 kg if she’s a girl or about 12.4 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 86.6 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 88 cm tall if he’s a boy
26 Months
- Weigh about 11.9 kg if she’s a girl or about 12.5 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 87.4 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 88.8 cm tall if he’s a boy
27 Months
- Weigh about 12.1 kg if she’s a girl or about 12.7 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 88.3 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 89.6 cm tall if he’s a boy
Motor Development
- Be able to hold a small glass with both hands
- Open boxes to see what is inside
- Dance to familiar music
- Be able to wash and dry their hands
- Brush their teeth with some help
- Put on an item of clothing on their own
- Start to unwrap objects
- Be able to run, but may trip or have trouble coming to a stop
- Be able to climb up almost anything, but may have trouble getting down
- Jump, getting both feet off the floor
Social and Emotional Development
- May occasionally bite others when angry or frustrated
- Strive for a sense of independence
- Be extremely curious about everything
- Have difficulty sitting still and being quiet
- Make their feelings (whether they be happy or grumpy) very apparent
- Become over stimulated sometimes because they are not yet able to selectively tune out sights, sounds, and sensations
- Show more signs of independence—“me do it” is their motto
- Test limits, but respond to consistent, reasonable discipline
- Respond well to a consistent schedule of daily activities
