toddlerhood

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Recent Examples of toddlerhood One child was already pushing my limits, and the idea of doing pregnancy, postpartum and toddlerhood again was a little bit scary for me. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026 But like most declarations made in early parenthood, my stance changed once my child reached toddlerhood and started asking to watch the show. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025 Grownsy meets that need with products that grow alongside families from newborn days through toddlerhood. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025 Films like Look Who’s Talking and The Boss Baby have certainly tried and, to an extent, succeeded in capturing the joys and chaos of infancy and toddlerhood. Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025 Mats are suitable from infancy through toddlerhood, but some models offer features that are more appropriate for one age than another. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddlerhood
Noun
  • The actors were greeted by the exhibition’s curator, Robin McClellan, who led them to Mozart’s childhood violin, encased in glass.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • When Yuri goes missing, Silvia’s childhood trauma comes to the surface, forcing the woman to confront a still very much present past.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Mainoo, 21, was set to sign a new deal at his boyhood club, which was confirmed by the club on Wednesday.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The hamburguesa aplastada, however, a fantastically fatty smash burger with two patties of dry-aged Prime beef and chorizo, began with a backyard burger and boyhood promise.
    Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And while all researchers recognize numerous factors that contribute to this troubling uptick, a key finding by NIH’s Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is that screen time in late childhood predicts increased depressive symptoms in early adolescence.
    Jean Case, Time, 14 May 2026
  • After spending her adolescence on the British children’s series Malory Towers, the London teen found herself at a crossroads.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • This is not fusion, but testament to the world as one big town, as perhaps only a third-culture kid — with Filipino and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and a girlhood spent in the Deep South — would know.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The goal should be to help create a Black girlhood experience that Black girls do not have to grieve.
    Essence, Essence, 11 May 2026

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“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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