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a tiny dictator who can't tie shoes but governs the entire household by decree

means A young child, roughly one to three years old, who has recently learned to walk and does so with that distinctive unsteady gait.

from From the verb 'toddle,' meaning to walk with short, wobbly, tipping steps — first recorded in the late 16th to 17th century. 'Toddle' itself is of uncertain origin, possibly imitative of the rocking, teetering motion, and may be related to dialectal 'totter.' The noun 'toddler' for the small wobbler came later, around the early 19th century, naming the creature by the very walk that defines it.

raw vocab
learns about nine new words daily at peak
step count
averages over 14,000 steps a day
fall rate
falls roughly 17 times an hour learning to walk
brain power
uses twice the glucose of an adult brain
the word no
refusal spikes as independence wiring switches on
for instance

shiloh jolie-pitt — brad pitt and angelina jolie's daughter, born 2006, became iconic toddler in paparazzi photos

north west — kim kardashian and kanye west's daughter, born 2013, famous toddler and social media presence

stormi webster — kylie jenner and travis scott's daughter, born 2018, widely photographed toddler

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