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Definition of babyhood : The state or period of infancy.

Synonyms:

childhood, early childhood, diaper days

embryo, origin, inception, beginning, derivation, introduction, cradle, hatching, earliness, infancy, prelude, Genesis, source, precursor, commencement, nascency, emergence, nativity, birth, start, sprout, preparation, stem, inauguration, creation, conception, dawn, spring

Usage examples:

• The process began almost in babyhood, and became habitual like a literal madness. - "The Napoleon of Notting Hill", Gilbert K. Chesterton.
• The legend of Krishna's babyhood is a curious echo of the birth of our Lord and the crossing of the Red Sea combined. - "Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life", Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey.
• In her frantic desire to keep them alive, she holds the whip over her own flesh and blood, who have to spend their very babyhood in tying feather- flues or pulling out bastings. - "The Trade Union Woman", Alice Henry.