What age are they not toddlers anymore?

[paerol]

Settle a debate between DP and I.

At what age are they not classed as toddlers any more? So how old do they have to be?

Hmm not sure maybe 3?

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I personally think from the age of 1-3 are toddler years. My eldest is 3 next month and I still think of her as a toddler.

3 I think, then they become pre-schoolers.

my just 3 yo is no toddler. maybe mentally which is what throws me off! i think i expect too much from him sometimes .

I always think:

0-1 Baby
1-3 Toddler
3-4/5 Preschooler
4/5+ Child

Although I quite often forget and refer to my nearly two year old as a baby 🤦‍♀️

Once they are three they are no longer toddlers.

Oo hedging my bets maybe 3.5?!
As 2 is clearly a toddler and 4 is certainly not, so surely the cut off is halfway through being 3 .

When they are out of nappies and don't toddler.

Mine is 3 next week and I still call her a toddler but then I called her a baby way past 1 and probably didn't call her a toddler until she was 2 so I'm not the best to judge this . I agree with itsallopticsanyway post but I will continue to call mine a toddler. Plus she's quite behind for her age so it's hard to think of her as a preschooler.

When they wet their underwear less than twice a week, and can eat more ice cream than they drop on the floor. I may be regressing.

I think it's when they are out of nappies

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Toddler is 1 to 3.

My DS turned 3 quite recently. In the months before he turned 3, his speech developed amazingly, he learned to use a potty, and he just seems like a kid and not a toddler any more.
At nursery they move the children from the toddler room to the preschool room when they turn 3. I do think it makes sense as a cut-off.
"Toddler" rolls off the tongue more easily than "preschooler" though so I struggle a bit now! I tend to call him my three year old (maybe I should say threenager which feels accurate).

They are toddlers are from 12 months until they turn 3.

I never bothered with preschooler, bit American. From 3 they’re just children rather than toddlers or babies.

From 1st birthday to 3rd birthday is toddler to me, then they're a preschooler from 3 to whenever they start school.

I still call my three year old a baby. But I agree with @NameChange30 she seemed to mature a lot in the last few weeks of being 2 and seems a lot older now! Pre-schooler sounds American to me for some reason.

@itsallopticsanyway I refer to my 3&5 year olds as babies, of course they’re not actually babies, but they’ll always be my babies, even when they’re adults!

I would never really use the term “pre schooler”- so I guess I would say toddler until 4/5.

3 Preschooler.
Toddler 1 & 2 years
Baby up to 1.

My grandma still calls my dad Baby and he's nearly 70 and I still call my youngest The Baby and she's 9 😂. Clearly neither of them are, it's habit.

1st birthday (or when walking) to 3rd birthday imo.

Preschooler is useful when DC is taller than many of the DC in Reception and out of nappies etc but the behaviour reflects the age (3.5 last September).