• It raises and lowers stairs only, a step every step, being supported of the rail or of the hand of an adult.

• It opens doors.
• It climbs to the furniture
• It uses the spoon and the cup of more or less correct form.
• It shoots and throws to the air a ball.
• It does towers of 5 ó 6 buckets and 2 joins in line ó 3 buckets if it is said to him how.
• It refers to itself for his name.

• It can have a limited vocabulary, of 15 ó 20 words, and even join them in phrases of up to 3 words.

• He answers to verbal orders.
• It realizes in spontaneous form lines or circles with a chalk or a wax.
• He washes himself and dries the hands.
• He enjoys imitating the adults.

To bear in mind that this is the age of the tantrums, motivated by the imbalance between the extreme rapidity of learning of the children and the demands of his parents, and the occasional presence of tantrums is, then, completely normal 2 years after age. 

Nevertheless, there are a worry motive the children who are:

• Uncontrollable
• Much claimants
• Been obstinate
• Negatives
• Very isolated
• That do not communicate with his parents
• That turn out to be sad...

• The game is important for the diversion and learning. The children of this age enjoy, especially, the games of pushing or musicals.

• Use picture books to increase the verbal expression and the aptitude to listen. Read him stories of regular form, especially before going to bed.

• Speak with the child / girl during the meals.

• Provide opportunities so that it is related to other children, bearing in mind that for a child of this age it is easier to be related to one or two children than to many.

• Do not hope that he shares his toys or obeys the rules of a game.

• Give him a space adapted for the game and stimulate the physical activity.

• TELEVISION:

  • Limit the schedule of the television, and never use it like substitute of the interaction with the child.

  • Extinguish the TV during the meals.
  • When it is possible, it sees the infantile programs with the child.

  • In the possible thing, Vd. programmes what wants that his son / daughter (video) sees, trying not to leave it in hands of the TV channels.

• NUTRITION: This is an age in which the conflicts are frequent with regard to the feeding.

  • The child / girl must be cheered up to eat only.
  • Try to avoid the discussions on the feeding in front of the child / girl.

  • It is very frequent that at this age the child / girl stops eating, and even that there are days in which almost he does not eat anything; it is a normal thing, which only if it extends for days needs a consultation from the pediatrician.

• ACCIDENT PREVENTION:

  • It will be still necessary to support the house trasformada to the measurement of the child. Much especially, there must be protected the children of everything related to captures of current and electrical devices, protect it from warm liquids (especially I oiled), to close with key the places where possible poisons keep, to never leave medicines on the tables or the bed, to have the detergents, the lye and the products of domestic cleanliness in a high closet and not under the sink or in another place within reach of the child.

  • It is convenient to be specially careful with the windows, the chairs under the windows to which it could climb. Keep the door of the street closed with a high pin.

  • Never lose of sight the child / girl at this age. Although it plays only, supports a certain vision angle.

  • Always to use the safety seats of the motorcar. Never to allow the child to move freely for the seat of behind!

• ALSO:

  • It is important to teach him to clean the teeth two or three times a day, with a pasta that contains fluorine.

  • It is necessary to begin taking the nappy from him, and for it patience is necessary great, since the sphincters control is achieved approximately, if it is well taken, in approximately 2-3 months.

  • If the mother is pregnant again, it is important to tell to the child that it is going to have a brother / sister, etc. and foresee the impact of the pregnancy in a two-year-old age child.

  • At this age also they begin imitating his brothers or the parents, and it is necessary to be careful with what is done opposite him. (For example, the dads must never shave in the presence of the child, who will try to imitate them in the handling of the safety razor as soon as it is alone).

  • This is the age of the tantrums, and the occasional presence of tantrums is completely normal 2 years after age. It is not convenient to make case too much to them or soon they will learn to use them to handle his parents.

  • The parents have to play with the girls and children adapting itself to the preferences of the children and without sexism.

  • It is necessary to continue stimulated the language development by means of the books reading and with songs. To chat with the child with regard to what they are doing and seeing. The parents must name everything what exists around, indicate common objects, and parts of the body, and encourage the child to say the words.