Toddlers go through amazing changes between 12 and 36 months. Learn what to expect and find advice to help you nurture your toddler's healthy development.

Learn about your toddler’s development between 1 - 12 months.

• Cognitive development, ages 1 to 12 months
• Emotional and social development, ages 1 to 12 months
• Growth and development, ages 1 to 12 months
• Physical development, ages 1 to 12 months
• Sensory and motor development, ages 1 to 12 months
• Speech and language milestones, ages 1 to 3 years
• Understanding your toddlers temperament

Learn about your toddler’s development from 12 - 24 months.

• Cognitive development, ages 12 to 24 months
• Emotional and social development, ages 12 to 24 months
• Growth and development, ages 12 to 24 months
• Language development 12-24 months
• Physical development, ages 12 to 24 months
• Sensory and motor development, ages 12 to 24 months
• Speech and language development: Helping your 1- to 2-year-old

Learn about your toddler’s development from 24 - 30 months.

• Language development 24-30 months
• Toddler social and emotional development 24-30 months
• Toddlers physical development 24-30 months
• Milestones for 2-year-olds

Learn about your toddler’s development from 30 months.

• Growth and development, ages 2 to 5 years
• Toddlers language development 30-36 months
• Toddlers physical development 30-36 months
• Toddlers social and emotional development 30-36 months
• Milestones for 3-year-olds
• Milestones for 4-year-olds
• Milestones for 5-year-olds

Play is one of the most important ways toddlers learn, develop, discover the world. Learn more about toddler play:

• Activities to encourage your toddler to play
• Your child and play from birth to 3 years (HealthLinkBC File #92a)

Most children are ready to start when they are about 30 months of age, but some will be ready earlier and others later. Learn more about toilet training your toddler in this section:

• Toilet training
• Toilet training: Knowing when your child Is ready

The Canadian Pediatric Society provides advice on screen time and preschool children. Limiting screen time for young children supports optimal and healthy development. Parents and caregivers can use the Four M's of Screen Time as guidance to support the use of digital media in positive and safer ways: 

• Minimize screen time for young children, with evidence suggesting that children under two should not have any screen time outside of video chatting with loved ones
• Mitigate the risks by being present and engaged when screens are used, whenever possible, and curating the types of media children use
• Be Mindful about the use of screen time and remember that too much screen time means lost opportunities for play and connection. Develop a family plan for screen time
• Model healthy screen use by turning off devices during family time, both at and away from home