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the only era where falling over is a hobby and screaming is valid debate.
means The stage of early childhood, roughly ages one to three, when a child has learned to walk and talk but not yet to reason, negotiate, or wait.
from Built from "toddler" plus the suffix "-hood," which marks a state or condition (as in childhood, neighborhood). "Toddler" comes from the verb "toddle," meaning to walk with short, unsteady steps — a word of uncertain origin that surfaced in English around the late 16th or 17th century, possibly related to "totter." So a toddler is literally "one who toddles," and toddlerhood is the wobbling kingdom they briefly rule.
- brain speed
- forms over a million neural connections per second
- word boom
- vocabulary can leap from 50 to 1000 words
- the no phase
- defiance is healthy proof of emerging selfhood
- tiny tyrants
- toddler comes from to toddle, meaning to wobble
- step count
- new walkers take thousands of steps hourly
terrible twos — developmental stage around age 2 when toddlers commonly experience tantrums and assert independence
potty training — process typically occurring between ages 2-3 when toddlers learn to use toilets instead of diapers