👶 Your 24-Month-Old Baby

🌱 Development at 24 months

• Kicks a ball
• Says at least two words together ("more milk")
• Points to things in a book when you ask
• Eats with a spoon

These are things most children (about 3 in 4) can do by this age. Babies born early may reach them later — use their corrected age.

📏 Growth: WHO weight, length and head size

Any steady curve within this range is normal; what matters is that your baby follows their own curve over time.

🍼 Feeding

• Can move to lower-fat milk if growing well (ask your doctor)
• Avoid choking foods; cut grapes and cherry tomatoes lengthways

😴 Sleep and teeth

• Total sleep: 11–14 h in 24 hours, usually 1 nap (National Sleep Foundation and American Academy of Sleep Medicine ranges).
• Teeth that often come through around now: second molars.

💉 Vaccines due at 24 months

No routine vaccine is scheduled this month on the IAP or UIP schedules. Check that earlier doses are complete.

💡 Tips for this month

• 2-year developmental check: speech, play and behaviour
• If your child is not saying any words yet, talk to your doctor