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toddlerhood

American  
[tod-ler-hood] / ˈtɒd lərˌhʊd /

noun

  1. the state or time of being a toddler; early childhood.


Etymology

Origin of toddlerhood

toddler + -hood

Example Sentences

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Sometimes a tall sock and a short one; sometimes a Paw Patrol relic from toddlerhood.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

The researchers identified multiple genetic factors underlying vocabulary size in infancy and toddlerhood.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2024

Relatively few studies examined the effects of air pollution exposure during early life, such as infancy and toddlerhood, and in childhood and adolescence.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2022

Eleven-year-old Emma Basques had identified as a girl since toddlerhood.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2022

Jellyfish would have been around for everything else—birth, infancy, toddlerhood, childhood.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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