Toddlers have been so named because they're at the stage in their motor development when walking isn't yet an accurate term for the upright method with which they transport themselves. In fact, for many of them, wobbling is a more appropriate term than toddling. That's because toddlers are still discovering the concept of balance, which improves tremendously during the preschool years but is still a major challenge before age 3.

When a person is balanced, her center of gravity is over the base of support, whether that base is a foot, two feet, two hands or the head and hands. Naturally, balance over a wide base is easier than over a narrow one – which is why toddlers toddle with their feet so far apart.

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