114 Week Old Toddler: Your Toddler's Development and Your Recovery This Week

Your toddler is officially becoming funny on purpose.

At around 28 months, a sense of humour starts showing up, the wrong hat, the silly voice, calling themselves the dog's name and giggling. They also stand on one leg for a second or two, copy a circle with a crayon, and begin to notice if a word is wrong when you read them a familiar book. If your family speaks more than one language at home, your toddler will mix them for a while. That's normal and it sorts itself out.

• Lean into their jokes. Laugh at the silly hat. A toddler who gets a laugh figures out a lot about communication.
• Don't correct every mispronunciation. Just say it back the right way and move on. "Pasgetti" becomes "Yes, we're having spaghetti." They'll hear it.
• Scribbling and doodling on paper is great fine motor practice. Big crayons are easier on little fingers than pencils.

• Uses 2 to 3 word phrases most of the time
• Uses pronouns, "me", "you", "mine"
• Copies a circle (or a very brave attempt at one)
• Names 4 or 5 colours, though they may not always match them correctly

Bilingual toddlers sometimes produce fewer words in each language on their own, but their total vocabulary lines up with monolingual peers. Keep both languages going.

• If your toddler does not startle to loud sounds or does not turn when their name is called from across the room, mention it at the next visit.

Being silly on purpose just to make you laugh is one of the most delightful 2 year old milestones there is. Keep laughing at the wrong hats and the funny voices; your delight is the applause that teaches your child their joy is worth sharing.

Around 27 months. Your toddler may be bilingual or even trilingual, Hindi-English-regional all mixing.

What's happening for you

• Indian families often live in a Hindi-English-regional sandwich. Your toddler picks up all of it. Code-switching mid-sentence is normal and healthy.

Things that often help

• Use whichever language feels natural in different moments
• Don't correct mixed sentences, fluency in all comes with time
• Read in multiple languages
• Sing songs in your home language

For mum's intellectual life

By year 3, brain fog usually lifts. Reactivate:

• A book a month
• A podcast on something that interests you
• A skill course (online or local)
• Conversation with thoughtful friends

Eating well

• Three meals + two snacks. Brain food, omega-3s, B vitamins, steady blood sugar.

Worth flagging

• A toddler at 27 months who is not making 2-word phrases, not pointing to body parts when asked, or stops meeting eye contact, talk to the pediatrician. Speech delays are treatable, often quickly with early input.

Indian-tradition tip

• Many Indian grandparents and elders have rich vocabulary in regional languages. Letting your toddler spend time with them, even on video calls, builds language exposure. Stories, songs, conversations in your mother tongue are gold.

Indian-mum reminder

• Pre-school admission season, many Indian playschools start at 2.5 years. If you're considering it, visit several, ask about staff turnover, ratio, and how they handle separation.

Indian-context tip

• A weekly mum-friend call, sister, friend, neighbour, is one of the most underrated mental-health practices. 30 minutes of being heard refills your tank for the week. Schedule it; don't leave it to chance.

Raising a little person across two or three languages while rebuilding your own inner life is no small feat; parenting a toddler stretches you in every direction. The book you pick up, the course you start, the friend you call: these are threads of you, and they deserve their place in the week.