2 Year Milestones / Statistics

August 12th we had Katie's 2 year well baby check-up. Below are her statistics and some major milestones at her 2 year mark.

• 23 1/2 pounds (15th percentile)


• 33 3/4 inches long (70th percentile)


• Speech - I know I should have a word count, but its almost impossible to count her words at this point. Nana estimates its 500+ words....I don't even have a guess. Katie forms sentences of 4-5 words like "Watch Handy Manny please mama."


• Pronouns - Uses and misuses. For example, when Katie wants to be carried upstairs she says "Carry you upstairs."


• 3rd Person - Katie refers to herself in the 3rd person ALOT right now. For example, "Katie do it on own." My favorite is when she calls herself Katie Bug (because I call her that all the time). She says "Cover up Katie Bug" when she goes down for her nap.


• Sleep habits: Nightime sleep is pretty consistent with bedtime around 8 PM and wakup around 7 AM. Naps are still a struggle at school, but she usually sleeps around 2 hours at home.


• Colors: Katie can identify 8-10 colors (yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, pink, red, brown, black, and white). She often mixes up red and pink - but otherwise is pretty good. The video below shows her naming some of her colors at bathtime.


• Shapes: Katie is still working on her shapes. She can identify a circle, star, heart, crescent (which she calls a moon), and triangle. The other shapes like squares and rectangles are hard....they both have 4 sides and I can't figure out a way to distinguish them for her. I need to ask Nana for some suggestions on that one.


• Singing - my little one LOVES to sing. Her favorites right now are "Old McDonald had a Farm" (she calls it the E-I-E-I-O song), "Its raining its pouring", and the ABC Song. Oh and Twinkle Twinkle - which she calls "How I wonder"


• Jumping - I must have spent 2 full months working on this....but she finally got it by around 23/24 months. Katie loves practicing her jumping skills in her crib while singing "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed."


• Potty Training - We had made some headway in this department right before Katie turned 2, but there has been a bit of regression over the last week or two. She told her teacher at school today that she only goes to the potty for mama.


• Stairs: Katie is still a little tentative on the steps. I've seen her walk down the steps by herself, but she rarely does it without holding my hand or holding the rail. I voiced my concern over this with our pediatrician. She didn't seem concerned and stated that Katie's vision is probably the cause. She says that depth perception is tricky for young kids with glasses.