babyhood
Life's opening chapter
Babyhood is the period of being a baby—the earliest stage of life, typically the first year or two.
The word extends to the beginning of anything: The technology is still in its babyhood.
Like childhood and adulthood, babyhood names both a life stage and the quality of being in that stage.
Small bed with rails
- bassinetPortable infant bed
- strollerWheeled infant conveyance
- playpenEnclosed space for infants
- pacifierInfant sucking device
bottle · highchair · rocker · mobile · diaper · nappy · onesie · booties
Notable points of progress
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- teethingFirst molars emerging
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
cooing · gurgling · grasping · pediatrician · immunizations · neurodevelopment · sensory
Uncontaminated quality
- cherubicInnocently sweet-faced
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- guilelessFree from deceit
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
trust · unspoiled · tenderness · vulnerability · dependence · helplessness · precious · delicate
Forming close connections
- cuddlingAffectionate close holding
- cradlingHolding tenderly, protectively
- rockingOscillating on curved base
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
lullaby · soothing · attachment · skin-to-skin · caregiving · motherhood · fatherhood · nanny
crib
Small bed with rails
pacifier · bottle · highchair · rocker · mobile · diaper · nappy · onesie · booties · bib
milestones
Notable points of progress
babbling · cooing · gurgling · grasping · pediatrician · immunizations · neurodevelopment · sensory
purity
Uncontaminated quality
wonder · trust · unspoiled · tenderness · vulnerability · dependence · helplessness · precious · delicate · newness
bonding
Forming close connections
- cuddlingAffectionate close holding
- cradlingHolding tenderly, protectively
- rockingOscillating on curved base
swaddling · lullaby · soothing · attachment · skin-to-skin · caregiving · motherhood · fatherhood · nanny · maternity
breastfeeding
Lactation-based infant nourishment
suckle · wean · burping · spit-up · posset · colic · puree · nipple · solids · pumping
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- life stagesteenager, adult, childhood, adolescence, infancy
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
babyhoodold age
Advanced years of life
adulthood · senescence · elderhood · late life · maturity
babyhoodmaturity
Full growth achieved
adulthood · independence · self-sufficiency · autonomy · prime
baby, babe, babies, babyish, babysitter, babysit, babying, babied, babysitting