When is a baby considered to be...?

Question

I've always wondered at what age a baby stops being a newborn & starts being considered an infant. And when do they become toddlers?

Answer 1

To me, a baby becomes an infant when they gain some control over their neck. The they become a toddler when they are a year, or when they start crawling.

Answer 2

I don't think there is any official age when these become the terms we typically use. For a newborn, I usually consider babies under 6 weeks old to be classified as that. I am a licensed daycare provider and for classification of infants, a baby under the age of 18 months is considered an infant. I can only have 2 infants in my care at one time. I think of toddlers as being 18 months - to 3 years old. 3-5 I think of them as preschoolers.

Answer 3

As soon as they start to pull themselves up they are toddlers- the newborn thing, well I would say anybaby past 3 months is not a newborn anymore, but still an infant.

Answer 4

they start to become an infant at 2-3 months,and a toddler at 1-4 years!!

Answer 5

I've read 2 weeks for a newborn. Not sure about toddlers - maybe 1 yr, since that's when many walk?

Answer 6

I would say they are not a newborn anymore at one month in my mind. I consider anybody who walks has become a toddler regardless of age, because that's what it means--they toddle around.

Answer 7

3 months for infant status, and then daycares go by 18 months for toddlerhood. But, I think a toddler is when they start walking, loosely.

Answer 8

newborn is 0 to 6mths
infant is 6-18mths
toddler is 18-42mths

Answer 9

under a month: newborns
from birth to one year: infant

Answer 10

3 months, then when they start to walk-hence "toddler"