Articles and Advice: Your Toddler 12-24 Months
Milestone Chart: 13 to 18 Months
What to expect from your toddler at this stage.
| Child's Age | Mastered Skills (most children can do) |
Emerging Skills (half of children can do) |
Advanced Skills (a few children can do) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 months | Uses two words skillfully (e.g. "hello" and "bye") |
Enjoys gazing at his reflection | Combines words and gestures to make needs known |
| Bends over and picks up an object | Drinks from a cup | Tries to lift heavy things | |
| Stands alone | Plays "peekaboo" | Rolls a ball back and forth | |
| 14 months | Finger feeds | Toddles well | Uses spoon or fork |
| Empties containers of contents | Initiates games | Matches lids with appropriate containers (e.g. pots and pans) | |
| Imitates others | Points to one body part when asked | Pushes and pulls toys while walking | |
| 15 months | Plays with ball | Can draw a line | Walks up stairs |
| Vocabulary increases up to five words | Runs well | "Helps" around the house | |
| Walks backward | Adopts "no" as his favourite word | Puts his fingers to his mouth and says "shhh" | |
| 16 months | Turns the pages of a book | Discovers joy of climbing | Takes off one piece of clothing by himself |
| Has temper tantrums when frustrated | Stacks three bricks | Gets fussy about food | |
| Becomes attached to a soft toy or other object | Learns the correct way to use common objects (e.g. the telephone) | Switches from two daytime sleeps to one | |
| 17 months | Uses a handful of words regularly | Responds to directions (e.g. "Sit down") |
Dances to music |
| Enjoys pretend games | Feeds doll | Sorts toys by colour, shape, or size | |
| Likes riding toys | Talks more clearly | Kicks ball forward | |
| 18 months | Will "read" board books on his own | Strings words together in phrases | Throws ball overhand |
| Can pedal when put on trike | Brushes teeth with help | Takes toys apart and puts them back together | |
| Scribbles well | Builds a tower of four cubes | Shows signs of toilet training readiness |
Reference:
www.babycenter.ca
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