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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.
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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
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
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Visitors can explore Anne's life story, from her early childhood in Frankfurt, Germany, through the rise of the Nazis and the spread of antisemitism through Europe, to the family's move to Amsterdam — where Anne lived for almost 10 years, with the final two years in hiding.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Creator Celeste Hughey’s adaptation of the Tom Hanks movie stars Keke Palmer as Samira Fisher, an attorney and new mother who recently relocated to her husband’s suburban childhood home.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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Rose spent his boyhood summers on the eastern end of Long Island, and learned to drive on Old Montauk Highway.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2026
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Brothers Matt and Steve Vawter inherited their boyhood home following the death of their mother, Susie Vawter, in 2020.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
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In his first Goodreads win, Swedish powerhouse Fredrik Backman celebrates the redemptive power of art with this story of a remarkable painting and the eternal resonance of adolescence.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025
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The first focuses on Ah-jin’s childhood and adolescence and the murder of her father.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Beyond its tartness, its specificity, and the sensuous, elliptical line work of its prose, the book serves as a vinegary corrective to the novel of nostalgic country-house girlhood.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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