Baby Animals
A baby kangaroo that hitches a ride in its mother's pouch.
What is a joey?
The approximate number of hours a newborn baby sleeps in a 24-hour period (give or take a few cries).
What is 16 to 18 hours? (Anything in the range will be accepted!)
This character fell off a wall, and unfortunately, all the king's horses and men couldn't put him together again.
Who is Humpty Dumpty?
This automatic, built-in reflex causes a newborn to turn their head and open their mouth when their cheek is stroked.
What is the rooting reflex?
Safely tucked into a basket of bulrushes, this baby was found floating down the Nile River by Pharaoh's daughter.
Who is Moses?
While a baby deer is a fawn, a baby bear or fox goes by this short, three-letter name.
What is a cub (bear) or a kit (fox)? (Either will be accepted!)
Adults have 206 bones, but babies are born with approximately this many.
What is 300?
This is what the three little kittens lost, which caused them to begin to cry.
What are their mittens?
This French-named piece of baby gear is a dangling structure designed to hang over a crib.
What is a mobile?
This mother laughed when she heard she would give birth in her old age, and later named her son Isaac, which means "laughter."
Who is Sarah?
This giant ocean mammal gives birth to a "baby" that already weighs about 5,000 pounds at birth.
What is a blue whale?
This is the average number of diapers a baby goes through in their very first year of life, rounded to the nearest thousand.
What is 2,500 to 3,000?
In "Rock-a-bye Baby," this happens to the cradle when the wind blows.
What is "it will rock"?
Babies are famously born without these leg bones, which don't fully harden until they are a few years old.
What are kneecaps (patellas)?
While still in the womb, this future prophet famously leaped for joy when his pregnant mother, Elizabeth, was visited by Mary.
Who is John the Baptist?
A baby goat shares its name with a human child.
What is a kid?
A newborn’s stomach is incredibly tiny at birth—about the size of this small, sweet red fruit.
What is a cherry?
This fast-paced baker is told to "bake me a cake as fast as you can."
Who is the Muffin Man? (Or the Pat-a-Cake baker)
This is the medical term for the thick, white, cheese-like protective substance that covers a baby's skin in the womb.
What is vernix (or vernix caseosa)?
These twin brothers struggled inside their mother Rebekah’s womb so fiercely that it foreshadowed a lifetime of rivalry between them.
Who are Jacob and Esau?
In an adorable display of ocean survival, a baby sea otter is called a "pup," but it's also known by this distinct, fluffy-sounding name.
What is a whelp?
This is the percentage of babies who actually arrive exactly on their official "due date." (Hint: It's under 10%).
What is 4% to 5%?
In the original Grimm fairytale, this is the silver-spun item the miller's daughter must create from straw with the help of Rumpelstiltskin.
What is gold?
This is the distinct name for a baby's first, sticky, tar-like bowel movement.
What is meconium?
In the book of 1 Samuel, this devout woman wept and prayed so fervently for a baby that Eli the priest thought she was drunk. God answered her, and she gave birth to Samuel.
Who is Hannah?