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You have probably noticed that your two year old wants to be as independent as possible. She does not realize that she still needs help accomplishing things. Because she wants to be independent, you might feel as though you are constantly battling your child over simple, everyday things. Rarely do the battles end nicely with some sort of compromise. Some of the battles you win and your child gets more frustrated and some your child wins, leaving you feeling angry and defeated. Take a deep breath, there is hope! Try to turn all of the battles into win-win situations. If your child wants to eat snack before naptime, allow her to choose her snack before nap and eat it when she wakes up.

Make-believe play is a fun and healthy part of growing up. Children enjoy being superheroes, doctors, moms, dads, teachers and other fun careers. By providing imaginary play equipment, you can encourage your child to use his imagination and be whatever he chooses to be. Join in the fun and play with your child. You have the power to create your child's imagination. You can even make simple props for pretend play from cardboard boxes, paper bags, construction paper and other ordinary objects.

Special occasions can be alot of fun for two year olds. Your child may be invited to a birthday party, holiday celebration or some other event. Explain to your child where you are going and what she is going do do there. Many two year olds find giving a gift to be hard, because they want the toys for themselves. If your child is going to see Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, show him pictures ahead of time and tell him who it is. Once you get to the event, if your child is hesitant about sitting with Santa or the Bunny, do not force him to visit. Let him see the other children visiting and your child may change his mind. At family events, do not force your child to mingle with family members that he is not accustomed to.

Continue to teach your child about colors, shapes, numbers, letters, animal sounds, body parts and other preschool skills. Two year olds love to do arts and crafts. Encourage him to learn these skills through arts and crafts, songs or dance and movement. Make learning fun for your child.

Developmental Milestones - 28 Months Old

Physical

• Constantly on the go
• Tries to blow bubbles
• Tries to gallop
• Stands on one foot
• Catches a ball-sometimes
• Can jump over objects on the floor

Intellectual

• Recognizes familiar places
• May know what comes next
• Has favourites
• Can brush teeth
• Longer attention span
• Knows body parts

Emotional

• Feelings are hurt easily
• Frequent tantrums
• Gets frustrated easily
• Calls people by their names

Age Appropriate Toys

• Dress up clothes
• Balls
• Books
• Counters/Sorters
• Pretend play sets
• Outside toys
• Art supplies
• Magna-doodles
• Building materials
• Modelling clay
• Alphabet and number toys
• Cars/track

Comments:

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ChristyTorres - Friday, 17 May
My big boy will be 28 months in a couple days I've started potty training him a couple days ago & this time around is going a lot better. Ive tried potty training in the past on more than one occasion but it was torture he would sit or stand and scream but I think hes gonna get it this time. He woke up dry the past two days and dry from his naps on each day & goes straight to the potty. Hopefully at 2 1/2 he'll be completely trained.

kathleen112 - Monday, 4 Mar
I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you that you find out good news on Monday Hopeful!!!! Ok, I think this is getting a little ridiculous we need to move over to 29 months lol.

hopeful29 - Monday, 4 Mar
I was all excited to come back and post, this news made my day! Kash it's your turn ha! Be awesome to all be pregnant together again but that obviously won't happen on my end so I'll live vicariously through y'all hehe (that y'all was for you Kash) As far as the tasking I honestly was happy either way. It would have been fun to go however I was happy not to leave Keira. If I get the job (I find out Monday) then I'll still end up going as the tasking was just moved to the right prob in April 'ish'

kathleen112 - Monday, 4 Mar
I promise I will not abadon my gals!! I woke up this morning and figured it was time to test since I was expecting my period tomorrow and just went right in the bathrrom and took the test. I considered holding off on telling DH but I couldn't, I just walked into the bedroom and handed him the test. I think he was a bit shocked--I honestly would have been more shocked with a negative test though I'm not sure what made me so confident--but he's of course super excited. I don't think Ben would have any concept at this point. We're holding off on saying anything directly to him because he could very well show up at my mom's tomorrow and say 'mommy's pregnant!' ans spoil the fun in having us break the news. We're not going to wait too long to tell our friends and family, just till after the first doctor's appt. I think it'll be a long time till I put anything on Facebook about it though. My poor neighbor announced her second pregnancy and that it was a boy and then two weeks after her anatomy ultrasound her doctor said the baby was so severely disabled that he recommended terminating which she did. I'm sure there were some awkward moments with people because of the announcement. I'm sure we'll spend plenty of time talking to Ben about his little brother or sister to get him prepared. The countdown is on!!! Just 250 days give or take till life as I know it changes forever. :-)

kashsmommy - Monday, 4 Mar
Kathleen...how did you tell dh? Do you think Ben understands or will understand if you haven't told him yet?

kashsmommy - Monday, 4 Mar
Kathleen, my excitement comes with 1 stipulation....we better not lose you to the blue pages! Haha! I am so excited and beyond glad that y'all got pregnant on the first try....I don't think I could handle the wait hahaha! Hopeful...are you glad the tasking was cancelled? I know you would've gone crazy without Keira, but are there downfalls to not going? Would it have helped you further your career?

kathleen112 - Monday, 4 Mar
Awww you ladies made me cry. :-) Thanks for being so genuinely excited I'm sooo grateful I have you girls to share this with. Love you guys. Xoxo

hopeful29 - Monday, 4 Mar
Keira and I are very out of breath after reading this as we just finished our happy dance!!!! Congrats big hugs sooooooooooooo excited and happy for you!!!!!!! YIPEE!!!! Keira is so excited right now lol

kashsmommy - Monday, 4 Mar
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm literally crying right now!!!! We have another baby on the way!!!!!!!!!!! Kathleen I don't think it's possible for me to be more excited for y'all!!!!!!!! Congratulations honey!!! Will be praying for a fantastic pregnancy!!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!

kathleen112 - Monday, 4 Mar
Obviously nothing goes on Facebook--you guys are the only ones who know besides my husband :-)

kathleen112 - Monday, 4 Mar
Hold onto your hats ladies I'M PREGNANT!!!! I had a feeling I was. ;-) I can't believe that we got pregnant on the first try AGAIN. I'm a lucky lucky girl. I have mixed emotions of course but mostly I'm just excited. It's very early so keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well. My doctors appt is on March 22nd, hopefully I'll hear a nice strong heartbeat. Tentative due date is Nov 7th. Ahhhhhhhh!!!! This is crazy.

hopeful29 - Saturday, 2 Mar
oh my tasking to the UK was cancelled! I thought I mentioned that. I would have flown out today if I was going. I was sure I wrote that but I guess not!!!!!

kathleen112 - Friday, 1 Mar
A six day drive to see your parents?? I guess Canada is bigger than I realized lol. Of course you wouldn't expect your family to stay put but I would hope that they'd want to make the trip to see both you and Keira. Do you have a decent relationship with them? I agree with your decision not to bring Keira to see Troy especially if it's going to cost a lot and they won't get much face time anyway. He better come see her when he's off or he'll be hearing from me!!! I said I wasn't trying to compare Matt to Troy and I mean that. Matt is a great father I was just saying even amongst the 'good ones' there just isn't the same level of connection IMO. My hubby can stare at his phone for long periods and take naps while Ben is awake claiming he's 'just so tired' (even through he sleeps a full night every night) and then as soon as Ben is down for the night suddenly he has unlimited energy. It drives me a little nuts sometimes. BUT you take the good with the bad and there's way more good than bad in my relationship. So glad you get some time off for some QT with Keira before you go to the UK.

hopeful29 - Friday, 1 Mar
I had no control getting posted here the military gives you no choice. Hence why I got out of the Regular forces and joined the reserves. In the reserves they can't post you. Where I was before this I was still 2 hours away from my parents however they moved out West 2 years ago so instead of a 10 hour drive they are now an impossible drive away! Not that I expect them to stay put for my sake! I think my mom just needed change. But again maybe she was running away from dealing with issues. On a good not at least they are around 2 of the 3 grandkids.(I'm thinking my brother isn't too happy about it though cause of the drinking I would never allow it). But I think they my brother and his wife could no longer afford there house as he quit work to go back to school to become a lawyer so my parents moving with them was one of the only options. Anyways enough about all that I could go on for days! So this is the last day of work and I'm off till the 11th. Looking forward to it but still holding my breath as the first day back I will find out if I will have a job. Then you guys can stop hearing me talk about it either way! WE moving to 29 months anytime soon? LOL Oh and I know men are different but I'm sure Ben's dad would take every oppotunity to see him if he actually lived away for work etc. It's different being gone for a vacation and not seeing your kid for a few weeks but he only sees her a few weeks a year. He has been gone now since July 2011. I was going to drive up to visit the girls and Troy for KEiras sake during my week off but changed my mind. To pay all that gas and hotel bills etc when he is making no effort to ever come see her well I can't make him be a good dad so I'm not going. I know KEira would love it however Troy will still be working and the girls will be in school so I really wouldn't get to bring Keira to see them much at all. Anyways I don't think it's worth the $. They are off the week after (every province here is different) so maybe he'll come down we shall see.

kathleen112 - Thursday, 28 Feb
Thanks Hopeful. :-) Will keep you posted...in fact, don't be surprised if you are the very first people to know!! Lol. I can't believe Troy can go days and days without talking to her. I'm not comparing my husband to Troy but it's just not the same relationship with fathers. When we were away last summer I was so excited every time we Skyped with Ben (usually twice a day) and Matt would be rushing to get off the phone. I was crying by the end of the trip I missed Ben so badly and Matt could've easily stayed another week. They just don't have that same built-in need for that daily connection. I just read a blog post today about mommy guilt and the author posed the question 'do you think guys feel guilty for getting a round of golf in?' For the vast majority of men I'd say the answer is hell no! And yet I'll rush back after a 20 minute pedicure if Ben is awake just because I feel like I should be the one taking care of him (even though his dad is more than capable of doing so). Did you move so far from your family on purpose? I can't imagine having no support hopeful, that must be so so tough. Do you at least have trusted babysitters in your area?

hopeful29 - Thursday, 28 Feb
sorry to hear about the test hopefully it's just that it was too early.

hopeful29 - Wednesday, 27 Feb
Ah Kathleen that was sweet thanks for your kind words! I'm so happy you found a preschool! Keira still has a 3 hour nap in the afternoons but it's from 12-3. Sometimes she doesn't sleep the entire 3 hours just depends how active she was in the morning. I love that she naps like that as it gives me time to get stuff done however it's inconvienant in that if I want to get anything done it has to be in the morning as by the time she wakes up etc it's almost supper time. Going out after supper isn't really much of an option most things close early and after supper she plays for a bit and then it's bath time at 7. She now goes to bed at 8 she use to stay up a lot later and only does so now on weekends as I want her to sleep in somewhat lol. Her normal wake up time is 7 so I can't complain. Kash I hear you in the mom department. She hasn't seen Keira since she was 15 months and thats only because it was my grandfathers 90th birthday and I flew there for it as did she. Not saying it is her responsibility to come here but she always tries to make me feel bad an always asks me to fly to where she is. WEll thats 2000$ and I would have to get a hotel since there is no room for me there. It's a 6 day drive so that doesn't work either lol.I just hate the guilt trips. I would never dare to tell her that she should visit poor Keira or something like that. Although I always walk on egg shells whe ntalking to her. And there is always an excuse on her end anyways for why she never visits. Keira really gets the short end of the stick on everything. I mean my family lives very far away and she only sees them on Skype, Troy's family lives 2 hours away but the only time she sees any of them is if I go there and she has an absent father who texts me last night to say he is busy so can't call. The last time she talked to him was friday and that because I got her to call. Needless to say he was driving so couldn't talk but he never bothered to call back. He is not the person I thought I knew at all.

kathleen112 - Tuesday, 26 Feb
I think we made a preschool decision for Sept!! I'm excited, the place is relatively new, very close to our house and I've heard nothing but amazing things. We're going for our tour on Friday. The only caveat is that the morning classes are all filled so we're going to have to sign him up for the 12:30-3 class. That schedule actually works pretty well for us though--because he's a late sleeper I'd be more concerned about getting him to a 9am class on time! He does still nap most days but I often don't put him down to 2:30 or 3:00 anyway so if he is still napping in Sept I can probably still maintain pretty close to that schedule. I think I'm also going to look for some enrichment classes to sign him up for ASAP 'cause just in the past couple weeks he's really been itching to be around other kids. Every time we leave the house he says 'see kids?' Poor thing. I'm working on a sibling buddy!! (No news yet--it's impossible for me to tell when I ovulated but even in the best case scenario I'm still in the two week window. I did break down yesterday and test but it was negative--doesn't really mean I'm not preggo though. Will keep you posted!!)

kathleen112 - Tuesday, 26 Feb
Seriously Hopeful that's a very kind offer. :-) I never did respond to your previous comments about dealing with substance abuse in your families and all I can say (for the umpteenth time) is how much I love, admire and respect you both. No family is perfect and mine has its skeletons and share of drama but for the most part I grew up in a loving, stable environment and I know how lucky I am for that. I think it's interesting just how many of my friends though (you two included) who didn't grow up that way at all and as you said Kash I'm continuously amazed at how little the background seems to correlate to the type of person/mother you become. xoxo

kashsmommy - Tuesday, 26 Feb
Wow Hopeful...I don't even know what to say. That is so incredibly kind of you. We'll be fine, but thank you so so much for offering. My mom just has some need to make things really dramatic and about her when she can lol!

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 26 Feb
Sorry to hear Kash, if I am employed and can afford to come I will. And I'm serious. OR more importantly if you need help $ wise to get there I will send you an email transfer. I think it's important that Cole get the surgery from that doctor and I will help.

kashsmommy - Monday, 25 Feb
I'm so glad your trip went well! It's always a good feeling to get that fire going again! We have a year, maybe 18 months before the ball gets rolling on the procedure so we have some time to prepare! I told my iediate family members about it so they could start to plan for the trip as well if they want to come. My mom's response had me concerned for her well being. Her exact words were 'well, that's going to be really hard on us here'....I seriously contemplated punching my mother in the throat. I just talked to her about it and she keeps saying how far away it is from home...I would travel to freaking china if it were the best option! I told that we've already made the decision so she can plan on going or plan on waiting for info when I can give it to her! I'm so pissed! All she kept saying was how they have jobs and school and blah blah blah! So do Todd and I...but when it comes to our child these other things are a nonexistent issue! I just don't understand the type of mother I am, knowing the type of mother I have!

hopeful29 - Monday, 25 Feb
'tasking'='course/briefings' sorry kind of a military term I guess I sometimes forget that our lingo isn't the same as civilian terms. Canada has been purchasing driver simulators in order to save our vehicles from wear and tear, fuel consumption etc. So we are moving forward with technology and going there to see what they have/use there. It only for a week and I don't imagine I'll have time to travel however when I find out exactly where I'm staying ill def talk to Cupcake about it! I'm exhausted cause my dog was sick all night and then I went and picked Keira up since I don't want to not see her for 2 weeks 1 will be enough! She was so happy to see me as I was her! She had me laughing all night she is such a clown! I love her expressions they are priceless! Glad to hear you had a good trip Kathleen sounds like it was worth it. Kash so happy that you got to work all that out with your 'old' doc he does sound amazing!!!

kathleen112 - Monday, 25 Feb
That's great news Kash!!! And I'm sure the experience will be so much easier on you being done by a doctor you trust. He sounds great. Any idea at what age he'll want to do the procedure? My trip was awesome! I have to do continuing education to maintain my PT license and found this great course in geriatric orthopedics that really got me fired up again. It's easy to fall into a rut when you're doing the same treatments day after day so this gave me a lot of great ideas. And the instructor was just awesome...she's made such a name for herself in our profession and if became even half the clinician she is I'd be proud. Hopeful--how long will you be in the UK? I didn't realize that was happening so soon. Did you get in touch with Cupcake to see if meeting up is an option? Though between the move and the baby being due any day now I bet she's busy!!

kashsmommy - Monday, 25 Feb
Please refresh my memory, Hopeful. What is tasking? How was your trip, Kathleen? Your sign was precious! I spoke to Cole's old EP today!!!! He was able to recommend a dr for the time being...basically just maintenance with his med. I told him about not trusting the current dr and that Cole is still having issues and him probably needing the procedure a little later on. He agreed that it seems inevitable, but said there are only a handful of pediatric EP/pacing dr's in Louisiana and they are all very you so they don't have the experience he's comfortable with for the procedure. He asked me to keep him posted on everything and when the time comes for the procedure he wants is to go to Cleveland, Ohio and let him do it. I am MORE than ok with that! He always was a very caring dr, but never in a million years did I expect him to offer that! I know it's probably going to get a little tricky with insurance, but he said they'll handle that. I spoke to Todd and he was sooo glad that I decided to call the old dr! He said he think we should start saving as much as we can for the trip so when the time comes we can just hop on a plane and go!

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