Words matter. A four year old, unless developmentally disabled, is not a toddler... A toddler implies someone who "toddles" as if at a very early age, and leads

Words matter. A four year old, unless developmentally disabled, is not a toddler... A toddler implies someone who "toddles" as if at a very early age, and leads readers to infer that the child was closer to 2 than four. (Unless my daughter was precocious when she was walking at 11 months.)