toddlerhood
Post-crawling developmental stage
Toddlerhood is the stage of early childhood when a child is learning to walk—roughly ages one to three.
The word captures both the developmental phase and its characteristic unsteadiness: the challenges of toddlerhood, She barely remembers her toddlerhood.
Like childhood or adulthood, it names a period of life rather than a precise age range.
Objects for amusement
- blocksObstructs or sections
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- dollsToy human figures
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
playdate · imagination · storybook · puzzle · sandbox · crayons · playtime · finger-painting
One providing daily assistance
- diapersInfant waste garments
- highchairTall infant seat
- strollerWheeled infant conveyance
- cribSmall bed with rails
naptime · babysitter · childproofing · night-light · pull-ups · daycare · preschool · pediatrician
Notable points of progress
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- talkingProducing speech aloud
- potty-trainingTeaching bladder and bowel control
- weaningGradual dietary independence
self-feeding · running · climbing · babbling · imitation · socialization · attachment · autonomy
Traveling through unknown regions
- discoveryAct of finding something
- questionsRequests for information
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
learning · amazement · eagerness · sensory · observation · experimentation · investigation · touching
Unmixed, without impurities
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- guilelessFree from deceit
- trustfulDisposed to believe others
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
unfiltered · spontaneous · honest · wholesome · unselfconscious · fearless · joyful · giggles
Earliest period of life
- babyVery young child
- newbornInfant just delivered
- pre-kindergartenEducation before elementary school
toys
Objects for amusement
playground · playdate · imagination · storybook · puzzle · sandbox · crayons · playtime · finger-painting · play-dough
caregiver
One providing daily assistance
crib · naptime · babysitter · childproofing · night-light · pull-ups · daycare · preschool · pediatrician · checkups
milestones
Notable points of progress
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- talkingProducing speech aloud
- potty-trainingTeaching bladder and bowel control
weaning · self-feeding · running · climbing · babbling · imitation · socialization · attachment · autonomy · tantrums
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
fascination · learning · amazement · eagerness · sensory · observation · experimentation · investigation · touching · tasting
pure
Unmixed, without impurities
wonder · unfiltered · spontaneous · honest · wholesome · unselfconscious · fearless · joyful · giggles · tantrums
infancy
Earliest period of life
- babyVery young child
- newbornInfant just delivered
- pre-kindergartenEducation before elementary school
- childhoodbaby, child, kid, toys, play
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- toddlersthree-year-old, terrible twos, first steps, first words, potty training
- child developmentbaby, newborn, infancy, milestones, milestone
- development stagesearly stage, late stage, infancy, alpha, adolescence
toddlerhoodadulthood
State of being grown
old age · elderhood · senescence · maturity · middle age
toddlerhoodindependence
Freedom from external control
self-sufficiency · autonomy · self-reliance · maturity · emancipation
childhood, toddler, toddlers, toddle, babyhood, toddling, toddled, toddlerdom, toddlerish