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Toddlers (1-3 years) 

Supporting health and wellbeing of toddlers to foster learning and optimise development.  

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Growth and development in toddlers (1-3 years) 

Toddlers experience rapid development during their early years. 

They learn to walk, talk, and explore the world around them. As they develop their social skills and learn to regulate their emotions, they will still look to you for support, reassurance and care. 

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Last updated Thursday 5 February 2026

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network acknowledges that our facilities are built on the lands of the Bidjigal, Cammeraygal, Burramattagal, Cabrogal, Wangal, and Woddi Woddi. Our services extend across the lands now known as New South Wales. 

Aboriginal people believe these lands hold the ancestral spirits of those who have come and gone before them.

We acknowledge this is, was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.


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