nth-child() or first-child? how to select first AND second child in one

Question

I\'d like to select the first two list items in an unordered list. I can select the first item thus:

ul li:nth-child(1) a {
    background: none repeat scrol         


        

Answer 1

.trJobStatus ul{
    width: 500px;
  height:500px;
    float: left;
  }
.trJobStatus ul li{
   width: 50px;
  height:50px;
  border: solid 1px #ffffd;
  list-style:none;
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: center;
  line-height:50px;
  font-size:25px;
  }

.trJobStatus ul li:nth-child(1),
.trJobStatus ul li:nth-child(5){
  color:red;
  }

 
  

  

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.trJobStatus ul li:nth-child(1), .trJobStatus ul li:nth-child(2) { color: #fff; background-color:#ffffd; }