8 Things About Toddlers That Make It All Worthwhile | HuffPost Life

At the end of the day -- literally, like, when they're in bed asleep -- you have to admit that toddlers are more love than they are trouble. Or at least that a lot of the trouble they get in is worth loving.

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Written by Meredith Carroll for Babble.com

Toddlers sometimes get a bad rap. Because their noses are always running. Because they're too little to use the potty but sometimes those poops seem too big to fit in a diaper. Because they act like the offspring of the dickens and the devil.

But at the end of the day -- literally, like, when they're in bed asleep -- you have to admit that toddlers are more love than they are trouble. Or at least that a lot of the trouble they get in is worth loving.

Here are 8 things about toddlers that make it all worthwhile:

8 Things About Toddlers That Make It All Worthwhile

Bath-hawks(01 of08)

Get 'em while they're wet. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

That Look(02 of08)

It's wrong that such a sad look in one can generate such happiness in another, but it just does. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

Footie Pajamas(03 of08)

A look only a toddler can pull off with 100 percent adorable success. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

Back Fat (04 of08)

Rollin'. Rollin'. Rollin' on the staircase. Again, something only a toddler can really pull off. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

Unintentional Deep Thoughts (05 of08)

Ah, yes, of course: e=mc2. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

Tantrums in Costume(06 of08)

Tantrums stink. Tantrums in costume rule. At the very least, they make for great photo ops! (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll)

When They Go Off to Work (07 of08)

Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to work she goes! (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll )

When They Dress Themselves (08 of08)

Add a smile and she'll be fully dressed. (credit:Courtesy of Meredith Carroll )

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