From Babyhood to Toddlerhood. This is also a period of great exchange baby food is exchanged for table food the highchair for booster seat finger feeding replaced with spoon babbling sounds will transition to speaking the first unsteady steps are conquered by strides of confidence, and the list goes on. Moving at a lightening pace and equipped with a mind of his own, your pretoddler is driven towards a new level of independence. Whether youre ready or not, his natural inclination and challenge of I do myself will become increasingly apparent, not to mention frustrating.