toddler
- noun
- /ˈtɑːdlər/
- As we sit down on the front steps, Rose lifts a toddler onto her lap.
- infants and toddlers
- infants and toddlers
- toddlers and preschoolers
I just want to talk about how toddlers are such little sponges.
- I just want to talk about how toddlers are such little sponges.
- Ending up with a crying baby and a toddler in one middle seat.
- And as your toddler grows up, it becomes their room.
- Even as a toddler I was always very intense.
- My mom watches the kid toddler once a week.
- And our instinct as a toddler is no mine.
- Nobody wants your child, particularly a toddler on a vacation.
- Even we can begin a little bit with toddlers at a young age.
- Maybe studies are being done on specific people, but toddlers have diaper issues,
Examples
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It can be challenging to keep an eye on a toddler who is constantly exploring their surroundings.
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I just want to talk about how toddlers are such little sponges.
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To go anywhere with a toddler like this is just the dream.
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But traveling with the toddler is tough.
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There, they happened to pass by a couple with a crying toddler in a stroller.
Fiction book (1991) -
Parents easily recognize the unique way their child plays with sounds as a toddler and preschooler.
Academic text (2000) -
The young mother bounces her toddler up and down, singing to it under her breath.
Fiction book (1995) -
One in four infants and toddlers under the age of three is poor.
Academic text (1992) -
You and me we've known each other since we were toddlers.
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Bob is surrounded by Lily Marvin, three toddlers, and lots of friends.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
A young child
A young child who goes to school before starting primary school
A very young child who has just started to walk
A young child who is just starting to walk
A young child who crawls or is learning to walk
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toddler comes from the verb toddle, which means 'to walk unsteadily'. It began in the 1800s to name small children who had just started to walk, so a toddler is a young child 'learning to walk'.