Babies & Toddlers

I've always had the understanding that babies become toddlers when they start walking. But my daughter has been walking since she was 13 months old and is 18 months old now and I still consider her my baby. Other people my call her a toddler but she's my baby.

Well, the doctors and all those "professionals" that I have been involved with since having kids all consider a child a toddler once they reach age 2. However i dont know when I will consider mine a toddler, she will always be my baby lol. But I don't know if you have noticed the clothig for kids. It goes up to 24 months and then 2T, 3T and so on. Well, 2T size was about 2 and a half year of age for my neice(mine isn't there yet). The T stands for toddler. She is turning 5 this month and wears 5T now. So I guess they follow the age. So I guess 2 is toddler lol.

I think your right, I've always thought of a toddler to be around 18 months to 2 years. THe line is a little muddy, but I think it's somewhere around there. ANd whether or not they have teeth, is no indication of them being a toddler, as my youngest got his first teeth at four months. I remember my oldest started walking around 10 months or so, and it was hard hearing someone calling him a toddler, because he was still my baby. Now that he's a couple months shy of three, it seems like he's outgrowing his toddlerhood quicker than I'd like. Sometimes I look at him and see a 'child'. ): they grow up so fast.

My son is going to be a year next month and I still think of him as a baby. When I think of toddler, I think of walking, starting to say words, and starting to potty train. I would think that it is some where around the 1 year mark, but a little later. Teeth is definately not a way I would think to judge. My son got his first teeth when he was 5 months old, definately still a baby!

They are a toddler and no longer a baby when they are around the age of two. When they turn two that is when they began to talk clearly and understand you more when you are talking to them. My youngest child is 17mos and I still consider her to be a baby though. Yeah, but usually toddlers are around the age of two.

my view of toddlers is being aged between 1 and a 1/2 years and 21/2 years, as by the tpme they reach 1 and a 1/2 - 2 years of age, they are no longer considered a baby as by this time rhey are "toddling around". Therefore at this stage children considered to be a toddler until 2 and 1/2 years of age. when they are starting to come out of the toddler stage is approximately 2 and a 1/2 years and start to enter the preschool stage. but remember this is just my view on this topic- all children are different and progress at different times and different levels.

I think of a toddler as a baby that can walk or a child that is at least 12 mths old.

Leaving the pacifier issue out of it, I'm still struggling to figure this out too! My 2nd youngest just turned 2 and I still have a hard time not thinking of him as a baby. I think "toddler" usually refers to the time when they start "toddling" around. So a toddler would be a child that is walking but not yet a preschooler...from roughly 1 year to 3 years. Having teeth doesn't have anything to do with it. I would definitely still consider an 11 month old a baby though even if she is walking. To me though (at least with my older children) I started seeing them as toddlers around 18 months but it also depends on the child. My 2 year old is still very cuddly and loves being rocked so he still SEEMS like a baby to me even though I also see him as a toddler and a big boy when he's running around and playing.