We support the World Health Organisation’s recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding along with the introduction of nutritionally adequate and safe complementary (solid) foods at 6 months together with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age and beyond.

Reaching Milestones: 36 to 48 Months

All children have their own timetable, but you can watch for certain developments in your 3-year-old. Celebrate with your child as she reaches or nears these milestones.

Child milestones 36 to 48 months

Child Milestones: Cognitive Development

  • Correctly names as many as eight colors

  • Understands the concept of counting; knows some numbers

  • Sense of time improves (now, later, next)

  • Remembers parts of stories

  • Understands the concepts of same and different

  • Explores cause and effect

  • Likes to classify and organize objects (by size, color); sees patterns

  • Does six- to eight-piece puzzles

  • Identifies some signs and labels

  • Uses role play (“You be the baby, and I’ll be the mommy.”)

  • Likes fantasy play, beyond the pretend play that imitates everyday life (princesses and pirates)

  • Still confuses fantasy and reality

  • Follows three-part commands

 

Child Milestones: Motor Development

  • Moves effortlessly (walking, running, jumping)

  • Walks forward and backward

  • Rides a tricycle

  • Navigates stairs without support

  • Catches a large ball

  • Throws a small ball overhand

  • Stands on one foot for five seconds

  • Holds a crayon or pencil like an adult

  • Draws a person with two to four body parts

  • Uses scissors

  • Copies some capital letters

  • Dresses and undresses self

  • Almost all have mastered potty training by age 4

 

Child Milestones: Communication Development

  • Likely knows 300 words by age 3

  • Speaks in sentences of three to four or more words

  • Usually speaks without repeating words or syllables

  • Imitates most adult speech sounds but still mispronounce many words

  • Probably chatters continuously

  • Speaks clearly enough to be understood by strangers

  • Tell stories

  • Follows many basic rules of grammar

  • Uses the words "I," "mine," and "you," though not always perfectly 

 

Child Milestones: Social Development

  • Very interested in new experiences

  • Show preferences for certain children

  • Plays with you (not just next to) other kids

  • May have imaginary friends

  • Play house as the mom or dad

  • Understands basic turn-taking

  • Understands the concept of possessives (mine, his, hers)

  • May express anger of frustration by hitting or throwing

  • May show fear of unfamiliar sounds or sights (monsters)

  • Negotiates solutions to problems with parents and other kids

  • Views self as whole person with body, mind, and feelings

  • Increasingly independent

  • May ask questions about birth and death

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