babynoun(YOUNG PERSON OR ANIMAL)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a child
childWhen I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever.
boyThere's a new boy in my class.
girlThe girl's name is Sally.
kidI'm off to pick up the kids from school.
kiddieI saw her with a little kiddie in a pushchair.
little oneThe little ones must be hungry by now.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Children & babies
ankle-biter
arrival
babe
babe in arms
baby
children
comfort blanket
crawler
designer baby
devil
munchkin
neonate
new addition
nipper
only child
tantrum
teethe
tiddler
tike
toilet-trained

toddler | American Dictionary

toddler
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtɑd·lər/
a young child, esp. one just learning to walk:
Are these toys suitable for toddlers?

Examples of toddler

toddler
The major focus of the 24- and 36-month visits is on parenting and toddler self-regulation (behavior problems, empathy, compliance, and internalization of parental rules).
A series of tasks were used to elicit approach/inhibition in toddlers over two visits, scheduled 1 month apart.
Observed and reported expressive vocabulary and word combinations in bilingual toddlers.
In turn, the toddlers' facial expressions of pain are likely to serve as signals for the parents.
It would be interesting to examine these same factors in a low-income sample where exuberant toddlers may be presented with greater challenges.
Evaluating convergent and discriminant validity of temperament questionnaires for preschoolers, toddlers, and infants.
Table 1 shows the grades of severity in adults and children, excluding the fourteen in the toddler group.
In this paper, we will discuss the early emergence and developmental implications of externalizing behaviors in toddlers and preschoolers.
This study examined parental report as a source of information about toddlers' productive vocabulary in 105 low-income families living in either urban or rural communities.
This is explained by the early occurrence of the disease, predominantly among infants and toddlers.
Predicting kindergarten peer social status from toddler and preschool problem behavior.
Thus, 2 years after the response, less than 20 % of the toddlers are above the presumed protective concentration.
The more troubled sleep could be indicative of more general difficulties in terms of regulatory capacities in toddlers of parents with more depressive symptoms.
Early in life knowledge of facial expressions may provide infants and toddlers with sufficient information for positive interpersonal encounters.
Prior to this investigation, these individuals had transcribed a substantial number of language samples involving toddlers and preschoolers (ages 2-4 years).
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