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I don't want people to think this is a competition or that I posted this to make anyone feel badly. Kids will excel and struggle in different areas! I just wanted to see how they are doing as they approach their 2nd birthdays. Which ones can your kiddo do/not do?
2 Year Old Milestones for Motor Skills
Can jump with two feet
Can kick a ball
Can climb up stairs
Can climb up furniture
Can open a door
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines)
Ride a tricycle
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning
•Can jump with two feet: Max just recently started doing this, and he loves to jump now
•Can kick a ball Yes...sometimes too well. Especially when he aims for my face.
•Can climb up stairs Yes
•Can climb up furniture Yes, again, too well
•Can open a door Yes
•Uses a spoon and cup fairly well He's okay with a spoon, cannot use a cup at all
•Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Only when he takes a break from eating the crayons
•Ride a tricycle He can't reach the peddals on his tricycle, so no
•Undress and dress herself He can take his shorts of sometimes, but otherwise, no
Can jump with two feet: Yes
Can kick a ball: Yes
Can climb up stairs: Yes
Can climb up furniture: Wish he had never learned!
Can open a door: Just recently learned
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well: Both very well
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines): Yes
Ride a tricycle: He can't reach the peddles, no
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning: Good at getting shorts on and off, shirts half way.
2 Year Old Milestones for Motor Skills
Can jump with two feet: Yes
Can kick a ball Yes
Can climb up stairs Yes
Can climb up furniture Yes
Can open a door Yes
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Spoon and Fork - Yes, but not a cup. I'm a mess freak, so he only gets sippy cups.
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yes
Ride a tricycle Nope, he can't reach the peddles. Although we are thinking of getting him a bicycle for Christmas. He can reach the peddles on those.
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning or tying shoes) Yes
•Can jump with two feet - Yes and our neighbout downstairs must not like it too much
•Can kick a ball - yes
•Can climb up stairs - yes
•Can climb up furniture - I wish he couldn't
•Can open a door - yep, he was the reason his day care had to get child proof handles. He escaped from his room.
•Uses a spoon and cup fairly well - yes, very well in
•Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) yes
•Ride a tricycle - we don't have one, but I have seen him use on where he was able to reach peddals and it was tough, but he moved He is getting one for his b-day.
•Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning) yes
•or tying shoes - yes
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•Can jump with two feet yes just learning.
•Can kick a ball Um no but he can kick Scarlett
•Can climb up stairs yes
•Can climb up furniture Yes
•Can open a door No but I do not encourage this •Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Not at all and no interest
•Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) No and no interest
•Ride a tricycle He doesn't have one •Undress and dress herself Yes, streaker
Can jump with two feet YES
Can kick a ball YES
Can climb up stairs YES
Can climb up furniture YES
Can open a door- Not all knobs.
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well- uses a spoon and fork pretty well but I don't do cups without tops yet.
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) YES
Ride a tricycle- No we have been trying with him but he does not want to stay on one long enough to really give it a try.
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning- No not really. He holds up his arms and pushes them through but i am still the one really putting it on. He steps in his shorts when I hold them open for him. Def not tying his shoes although he likes to pretend.
2 Year Old Milestones: What to Expect From Your 2 Year Old
or tying shoes)
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Can jump with two feet Yes Can kick a ball Yes Can climb up stairs Yes, like a little monkey! Can climb up furniture Yep Can open a door Yes (except the front door which I think is just too heavy for her) Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Can, but likes to use her hands (ugh!) Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yes Ride a tricycle Doesn't have one. Might be a Christmas present Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning or tying shoes) Can take clothes off with a little help -- is trying to put clothes on but still can't.
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Remembering our September 10 PR angels ~~ Patrick, Riley, Evan, Otis, Elliana Jo, and Finley Fayth
Can jump with two feet Yupp Can kick a ball Yupp Can climb up stairs Yupp Can climb up furniture Yupp Can open a door Nope, only the lever kind but I don't think that counts Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Yupp Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yupp Ride a tricycle Nope but he has never used one either Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning
or tying shoes) Yupp. He sometimes gets the pants on backwards and only one arm through a sleeve but I still count it He can get his socks on himself and sometimes his shoes if the tongue of them doesn't get stuck down inside.
•Can jump with two feet: Most of the time. Sometimes she still gets one foot off the ground before the other
•Can kick a ball Pretty sure she's done this, she prefers doing other things outside though
•Can climb up stairs Not on her feet unless we hold her hands (she can't reach the hand rail)
•Can climb up furniture Most of the time now (again, she's a shorty so she can't always get her leg high enough)
•Can open a door Nope-can't reach most door knobs
•Uses a spoon and cup fairly well YEP!
•Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) She loves to color and play with stickers
•Ride a tricycle Nope-can't reach the pedals! She loves her car though
•Undress and dress herself She will step into pants/shorts and try to pull them up and helps put her arms into shirts, but she would have no clue without help!
Lucy can do all of those very well, except for putting her own clothes on. When she does it herself, arms end up out of neck holes.. She's behind with her speech, but I think it's because she's more focused on those motor skills. I also think she's naturally athletic, which runs in my family. Jillian did not get those genes..
Oh, and she's never been around a tricycle to try it, so I don't know about that one!
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Can jump with two feet yes
Can kick a ball yes
Can climb up stairs yes
Can climb up furniture oooooh yes
Can open a door yes
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well yes
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) yes everywhere
Ride a tricycle sort of lol
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning yes - well dresses and shirts
2 Year Old Milestones: What to Expect From Your 2 Year Old
Ditto Brooke. Jay has been focussing on motor skills rather than speech. I feel I can finally boast about something
2 Year Old Milestones for Motor Skills
Can jump with two feet- Has been for at least 6 months
Can kick a ball- For at least 6 months
Can climb up stairs- For what seems like forever
Can climb up furniture- ^^^
Can open a door- As soon as he could reach! Since January.
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well- Yep!
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yep
Ride a tricycle- Almost!
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning or tying shoes) Puts his own shoes on almost. Tries with trousers and tops but needs a little help
Can jump with two feet- Yeppers
Can kick a ball- Yep!!
Can climb up stairs- Yep, she can also fall down stairs.
Can climb up furniture- All day everyday.
Can open a door- Not her bedroom door. but if I'm in the bathroom she can open a locked door.
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well- Usually. Sometimes she throws them.
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yes she loves to color.
Ride a tricycle - Need to get her a tricycle to find out.
Undress and dress herself - Yes but it doesn't always look quite right.
Can jump with two feet Yes Can kick a ball Yes Can climb up stairs Yes Can climb up furniture Yes Can open a door Yes Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Yes Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yes but she's not really too interested in it Ride a tricycle No. We are working on this one. Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning She does fairly well undressing and dressing herself but she does need help taking her shirt off most times.
Can jump with two feet Yes
Can kick a ball yes
Can climb up stairsYes...and the stuff he carry's with him freaks me out ALOT
Can climb up furniture Yes
Can open a door Yes
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well Yes
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) Yes
Ride a tricycle He can't reach the peddles
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoningUndress piece of cake....working on dressing
Myles can do all of those things (He's a bit older than the rest) so he can also reach the pedals on most bikes. He also gives Mason bike with training wheels a whirl every now and then.
We do need to work on getting dressed - he can do it, but will say "you do Momma".
[*]Can jump with two feet - Yes
[*]Can kick a ball - Yes, been doing this for a long time thanks to his soccer playing daddy!
[*]Can climb up stairs - Yes
[*]Can climb up furniture - Was doing this before he could walk!
[*]Can open a door - Yes
[*]Uses a spoon and cup fairly well - Spoons and forks, yes. We don't do open cups.
[*]Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) - Loves it!
[*]Ride a tricycle - We don't have one, so he's never tried...
[*]Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning) - Not really. I didnt know he should be doing this??! He can take off his pants, but that's been all on his own accord... I guess I should let him try?
[*]or tying shoes) - Okay were some of you being serious about your LOs being able to do this?! Now I feel really behind! Like I haven't been teaching him age appropriate tasks...?
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning) - Not really. I didnt know he should be doing this??! He can take off his pants, but that's been all on his own accord... I guess I should let him try?[*]or tying shoes) - Okay we're some of you being serious about your LOs being able to do this?! Now I feel really behind! Like I haven't been teaching him age appropriate tasks...?
I screwed up when I put the source link on there.
The OP should say
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning or tying shoes)
If any of these kids can tie shoes I'd be really shocked! Maybe my boys are lazy but Nathan didn't do it until 4 and even now at 7 he still gets them pretty loosely tied and on gym days he asks me to redo them before he goes into school and Lukas won't even TRY!
Can jump with two feet ,,,,,Yes
Can kick a ball .....yes
Can climb up stairs ... sorta.. he cant reach the railing, he crawls (hand/fee, not knees) up
Can climb up furniture Yes... some he can get up 0n some he is just to short and has to use things to get himself
Can open a door .. no but he cant reach and I am not trying to teach him either
Uses a spoon and cup fairly well..... yes , he is actually really good at the open cup now,,,, but I dont really like it so much yet... he wants to be just like Logan so he has taught himself
Draw and color (but don’t expect them to stay in the lines) doesnt love it but does it some
Ride a tricycle ......He can't reach the peddles
Undress and dress herself (other than more difficult tasks like buttoning) He gets undressed too well (in his crib), helps getting dressed and if he wanted to I am sure he would be fairly good at it
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He is getting one for his b-day. 
He can get his socks on himself and sometimes his shoes if the tongue of them doesn't get stuck down inside.
Thank you GraysMama for the awesome Siggy
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