Your 25-Month-Old: Three-Word Sentences, Counting, Colors, and Jumping
By the Growbaby team · Published Aug 4, 2026
Written against AAP, CDC and WHO guidance. How we write these guides
At a glance
- Three-word sentences carry detail the shorter ones could not.
- Counting gets applied to actual objects, not only recited.
- Both feet leave the ground together in a genuine jump.
- Colors get named, with one favorite used most often and most wrongly.
- Questions and statements start sounding different from each other.
The third year opens with more words in a row. Two-word requests stretch to three, and the extra word usually carries the detail that was missing before, so wanting milk becomes wanting more milk now.
Counting attaches itself to objects for the first time, color names settle onto colors, and both feet finally leave the floor together. Your child sounds and moves noticeably older than a few months ago.
What is new this month
A third word changes what a sentence can do. Two words can name and request, while three can specify who, how many, or which one. The grammar stays loose and small words get dropped, which is expected while vocabulary is growing faster than the rules for arranging it.
Counting objects is a real advance on reciting numbers. It means touching or pointing at one thing per number word and stopping when the objects run out, and understanding that the last number stands for the whole set is a separate idea that takes longer to arrive. Things that stay still, such as stairs or grapes, are far easier to count than things that move.
Jumping and color naming have little in common except that both suddenly work. A jump needs enough leg strength to lift the whole body and enough balance to land it, and once it arrives it gets done constantly and everywhere. Color names attach unevenly, often with one word covering everything before the others separate out.
Week by week, in the app
One thing to notice and one thing to try, for every week of the first three years. Here is what this month covers. The app works out which week your child is in from their birth date and brings each one to you on the day.
- Week 105Forming Three-Word Sentences
- Week 106Counting Objects
- Week 107Able to Jump
- Week 108Recognizing Colors
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This week, for your baby
Growbaby works out which week your baby is in from their birth date and brings that week's activity to you on the day, so you are not looking up where you are. Plus adaptive soothing for the nights and Growy for the questions in between.
Frequently asked questions
Three-word sentences carry detail the shorter ones could not, and questions start sounding different from statements even when the words are similar. That change in tune is a milestone in itself.
Counting gets applied to actual objects around now rather than only being recited, though the count often runs ahead of or behind the things being counted. Touching each object as the number is said comes a few months later.
Both feet leaving the ground together is often managed around two, after months of attempts that lifted only one. Landing is the harder half.
This guide is for general informational purposes only. Growbaby is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Every baby develops at their own pace; for any question or concern about your baby's health or development, always consult your pediatrician or another qualified healthcare provider.