toddlerhood

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Recent Examples of toddlerhood 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, 9 July 2026 In those early days with a newborn, and even into toddlerhood, little ones need and want to stay warm. Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 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 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 immortal being who’d called himself a god just moments prior regresses into his stuttering, childhood self.
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • McConnell had polio in his early childhood and has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in walking and climbing stairs.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • The 17-year-old midfielder has advanced through the academy ranks at his boyhood club, just as Lewis and Jamie, his older siblings, did previously.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • But Toney isn’t awestruck, nor too afraid to speak up to the guy who once manned the middle of his boyhood team’s defense.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Fueled by gritty guitars and a bluesy rock swagger, the song channels the music that shaped Twain’s youth while revisiting the confidence, freedom and idealism of adolescence.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 10 July 2026
  • Some observers—especially on the left—dismiss the recent rush of commentary as vaguely racist media hype, or as the latest chapter in society’s vain effort to quell the permanent volcano of adolescence.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • The idea was to reflect girlhood through different periods of American history, showing the changes and similarities in books and their accompanying dolls and historically accurate outfits.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • As can be found in the books, Laura Ingalls (played by Alice Halsey) and her older sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes) have very different ways of going about girlhood.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026

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“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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