At what age would you say that the 'baby' years are over?

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ie, have moved on to the next stage...?

4?

I would say aged four myself. The turning point for me is when they are old enough to turn disdainfully to you and say 'I don't think so'

When you can leave the house with just your keys.

I found that the baby years were over for my girls as soon as I had the next one. Very sad when I think about it . Needless to say dd4 (being the last one) is still my baby and she is now 8!

IMO when they're out of a cot/pram/nappies and as TheCrackFox says, you can leave the house with just your keys

my charge is 3.4

reliably potty trained for the past 6 months, and not used buggy at all for over a month (it is moving into the garage next week)

he is not a baby anymore!

my dc5 is three next month and not my baby - he has a baby bro

he has been dry day and night for a year - barely uses the pram etc but he is still a baby oh yes!

I'd say 3. At that point they are often going to nursery and that's a completely new stage in life for them.

baby year not years -around 14-18 months ish

toddler years go on a while longer though butthen you get all that irritating 'ownopinion' thing and strops