Baby Facts & More
Although standard X-rays won't show them, a newborn baby's kneecaps are actually made of this flexible tissue rather than solid bone.
What is cartilage?
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch ___.
What is a pale of water?
This name is shared by baby lions, tigers, and bears. (Oh my!)
What is a cub?
If two brown-eyed parents both carry the recessive blue-eye gene, their baby has this percentage chance of having blue eyes.
What is 25%?
This is Emma's astrological sign
What is Pisces
The most common first word spoken by a baby.
What is Dada?
The rain washed the itsy bitsy spider from this.
What is a water spout?
The correct term for a baby elephant?
What is a calf?
This adorable physical trait—a small indentation on the cheeks or chin—is actually a dominant genetic trait caused by a variation in facial muscles.
What are dimples?
This is Emma's middle name
What is Elizabeth?
Full-term pregnancy typically lasts for this many weeks.
What is 40 weeks?
This tune made famous by Mozart talks about stars, the alphabet, and even the noise sheep make.
What is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
Before it becomes a hopping adult, a baby frog is known as a ___.
What is a tadpole?
This hair color is the rarest natural hair color in the world, making up only about 1% to 2% of the human population.
What is red?
This is the name of Emma's adorable long-hair dachshund
Who is Millie
Though present at birth, this specific form of hemoglobin drops off dramatically within six months because its unusually high oxygen affinity—crucial for pulling 02 across the placenta—prevents it from efficiently releasing oxygen to tissue once a baby starts breathing room air.
What is Fetal Hemoglobin (HbF)?
This child was often closely followed by her white fleece sheep.
Who is Mary?
The correct term for a baby fox.
What is a kit?
Whether a baby grows up to be a total night owl or an early bird is heavily influenced by a tandem repeat polymorphism in this specific circadian rhythm clock gene.
What is the PER3 gene (Period Circadian Regulator 3)?
This is the name of the PR Agency that Emma worked for prior to working for The Home Depot.
What is Cookerly PR?
At birth, a baby’s heart beats roughly twice as fast as an adult’s, averaging this many beats per minute while resting.
What is 120 to 160 bpm?
This elderly agricultural man is famous for his many vocal animals.
Who is Old McDonald?
This prickly little animal from the shrew family, rolls up into a little ball for protection.
What is a hoglet (baby hedgehog)?
Whether a baby ends up attached or unattached in this specific part of the ear comes down to a simple dominant or recessive gene.
What is the earlobe?
These are the HR functions that Emma now supports within HR Communications.
What are benefits and compensation, talent and performance, & organizational effectiveness