2 Years

​​At this consultation your toddler's growth, health and development will be reviewed and kindergarten enrolment will be discussed.

This consultation will focus on:

• your Parents' Evaluation of Development Status (PEDS) questions in your My Health, Learning and Development Record (remember to complete these questions before the visit if you can)
• helping your child to eat healthy food
• taking care of your child's teeth
• how to be sun smart
• how play helps learning and development
• immunisations
• preventing injuries
• Kindergarten enrolment
• family relationships and wellbeing.

Remember, you and your nurse can talk about other issues/concerns if they arise.

Please tell the nurse if your child is:

• not coming to you for affection or comfort
• not understanding any words
• not putting any words together
• not enjoying pretend play
• not running.

Parent Tip Sheets for the 2 Year visit

The following Tip Sheets are given to you at the 2 Year visit:

• All About Kindergarten (pdf - 2.67mb) - DET
• Play, Learn, Grow - Create incredible things together (pdf - 633.92kb) (Translated Resources available)

To view all the Tip Sheets, see: Parent Tip Sheets

More information

• Contact the MCH Service - how to contact the Maternal and Child Health Service and other supports.

• My Health, Learning and Development Record - a child health record is given to families in hospital when their baby is born and is designed to record inportant information.