Your toddler now has a large vocabulary and understands virtually all everyday words.

As she plays games of make-believe, she gives a running commentary which is now intelligible to the listener. She learns to say her full name and can tell you when she's tired or hungry.

She may become upset when people don't understand her, though by the end of her 3rd year, she will be able to make herself understood to strangers.

Language development
She uses sentences with 3 or more words and may repeat longer sentences that she hears. She learns to use 'I' 'me' and 'you' pronouns correctly. By 3 years, all pronouns and some prepositions are commonly used.

She listens to stories attentively and demands her favourites over and over again. She knows several nursery rhymes to repeat and sometimes to sing.

Stuttering
In their eagerness to express themselves, some children begin to stutter at this age and may continue on and off until they are about 5. Most stuttering is nothing to worry about, but get your doctor's reassurance on this - a few cases have physical origins.

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