Key milestones act as checkpoints in a child’s development to determine
what the average child is able to do at a particular age
Key Milestones
20-24 Months
Love to pretend
Squat
Toddler tantrums
Takes more of an interest in playing with other kids
Achievable Milestones
- Increasingly independent but still need unconditional love, support and understanding of their fluctuating moods.
- Climbing on and off low furnitures
- Can squat, run, kick, jump up and down.
- Express feeling and emotions sometimes as tantrums
- Increased flexibility in their hips and knee joints.
- Can Relate to similar things ex-a plastic toy cow and a real one.
- Can walk upstairs (but probably not down)
- May start exploring genitals & Names several body parts
- Draws a straight line
- Takes off own clothes
- Begins to understand abstract concepts (e.g., sooner and later)
- Becomes attuned to gender differences
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Red Flag
Know when to meet your doctor
 |  Watch out for these Redflags  |
Children usually follow the same pattern of development and it is good to have reassurance that your child is developing normally in their own unique way. Talk to a doctor or a child health nurse if you have concerns regarding child development.
Watch out for these red flags and talk to your doctor to be reassured that your child is developing in their own unique way
- Shows no interest in stimulus such as books or sharing interest and enjoyment
- Doesn't point, wave goodbye, or use other gestures to communicate
- Can't identify simple pictures
- Doesn't respond to his or her own name, or to the sound of a familiar voice
- Doesn't play with others .
- Doesn't know what to do with common things, like a brush, fork, or spoon
- Doesn't respond to his or her own name, or to the sound of a familiar voice
