toddlerhood

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Recent Examples of toddlerhood Furniture should be durable for heavy play, finished with nontoxic materials for the taste-everything phase of toddlerhood, and ideally versatile enough to stick around for more than a few years. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 31 Aug. 2026 The Olsen twins were the face of an acting empire from toddlerhood, first appearing as Michelle Tanner in the beloved sitcom Full House and going on to appear in dozens of direct-to-video films and TV sitcoms together. Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 Here are ten excellent new books that reflect the ups and downs of young readers’ emotional lives, from toddlerhood to the teenage years. Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 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, 9 July 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
  • But Wendy Goodman, New York Magazine’s design editor who has been a balletgoer since childhood, pays to sit at the front of the theater.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Youth sports, once the redoubt of aimless childhood play, have become hopelessly commercialized.
    Nora Kenney Mittiga, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Coutinho had been without a club since leaving boyhood club Vasco da Gama.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That apocalyptic day has been imprinted on your memory since boyhood.
    Ken Frydman, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For teens who aren’t comfortable socially, adolescence is likely to be an especially rough time.
    Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The smart kids, the shy ones, the jokers and the loners — every one of them is caught in the pyroclastic flow of adolescence, every minute a negotiation between fitting in and standing out.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Now Carrie enters public school for the very first time, and with the reemergence of formidable telekinetic abilities, her blissful naivety of girlhood and her wide-open heart make her easy prey for physical and online bullies.
    Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Growing up, pop culture’s representations of girlhood included a blonde Wakefield twin from Sweet Valley High, a post-makeover Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club, and a big-breasted bombshell manufactured by some dorks with a Commodore 64.
    Lisa Whittington-Hill, Longreads, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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