babyhood
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Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But at 3, my son still wears diapers and has the soft cheeks of babyhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
When children first come to school, they step out of the private world of babyhood and family.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
I have a 3-year-old, and his grandparents have already missed so much of his babyhood thanks to the pandemic.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2021
We are surrounded from babyhood by familiar farm and domestic animals, fruits and trees and vegetables.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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