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Baby Toddler in dreams

A child in the second to third year of life — a small person testing the new fact of self.

In its baby form, the symbol points to a new, vulnerable instance of itself — something that requires care, cannot yet defend itself, and may not yet be ready for the world. Forgetting or losing the baby version of the symbol in the dream is one of the dictionary's strongest signals of neglect.

A toddler in a dream is the dream's image of a small person in the phase of testing the new fact of self. Toddlers refuse, insist, and explore at the limit of where they are allowed to go; the boundary is the interesting thing. The dream brings the toddler when something new in you — a recently formed identity, a young capacity — is in that testing phase, refusing and insisting where it would not have a few months ago. A toddler held with patience is the dream telling you the new self is being given room to test without danger. A toddler punished for the testing is the dream noting that the young, learning part of you has been shut down for doing exactly what was age-appropriate.

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