Progress in Physical Development for Toddlers

This is what toddlers may be able to do at different age stages. This isn't a definitive list of development milestones, as babies develop at their own rate and in their own ways.

8 - 20 months	16 - 24 months	22 - 36 months
Walk around furniture lifting one foot and stepping sideways (cruising), and walk with one or both hands held by an adult	Walk upstairs holding your hand	Run safely on their whole foot
Take their first few steps independently	Come downstairs backwards on their knees (crawling)	Squat with steadiness to rest or play with object on the ground, and rise to their feet using their hands
Pass toys from one hand to another	Begin to balance blocks to build a small tower	Climb confidently and begin to pull themselves up on nursery play climbing equipment
Hold an object in each hand and bring them together in the middle, eg, hold two blocks and bang them together.		Kick a large ball
		Walk upstairs or downstairs holding onto a rail two feet to a step
		Begin to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools.