The FDA claims that this item should be made of firm rubber to avoid and soothe gum pain.
What is a teething ring/toy?
The age at which baby food should be introduced
What is six months?
This is the term for a baby's first set of teeth, which typically begins to appear between 6 and 12 months of age.
What are 'milk teeth'?
What is the first of the 'big five' senses that a baby develops? (hint- this sense develops before birth).
What is Hearing?
This device allows parents to push their child along with one hand, allowing the parent to sip on a bevvy with another hand.
What is a stroller?
This position is the best one to have a baby sleep in for optimal safety and comfort.
What is on their back?
What is the keenest sense a newborn baby has?
What is their sense of smell? Babies can smell their mothers from up to 2 feet away.
About a third of all babies are born with one of these-
What is a birthmark?
Often seen in newborns, this yellowish skin discoloration is caused by elevated bilirubin levels.
What is "jaundice"?
Prior to 1939 because of it's association with The Madonna (Christ's Mother not the pop star), this color was associated as the 'girl' color although in public practice, the colors were worn interchangeably until post WWII.
What is blue?
This device hangs over a baby to elicit a DNA coded survival response causing the baby to stay quiet and calm for fear of being eaten by large birds of prey.
What is a mobile?
Babies can't taste this flavor provile until 4 months old.
What is salt?
How far can a newborn baby see?
What is 8 to 12 inches away
What percent of babies are born on their actual due date?
What is only 3%!
In the 1700's babies were fashionably required to be 'beautiful' and both genders would wear dresses with minimal differences in orientation. However, between the ages of 4 and 7, boy children would be 'breeched' meaning- this.
They were allowed to wear "breeches" (trousers).
This toy dates back to over 4000 years ago to ancient Egypt and was believed to be a signal of regeneration.
What is a rattle?
What is one solid food that babies are recommended to first try eating?
What's the world record weight for the heaviest baby?
Named after an Austrian pediatrician, this reflex causes newborns to startle and throw back their head and arms when they feel they are falling.
What is the "Moro reflex"?
In the 17th century "stays" were implemented to uphold the societal emphasis on the positivity of an erect and straight posture. This 'stay' would modernly be recognized as a- blank.
What is a corset?
This protects the baby against their natural startle reflex. It was also frequently done to try and protect children against Rickets before modern dietary advances were made.
What is Swaddling?
This was one of the first baby food products in the 19th century by Gerber.
What is Canned Liver Soup?
What's number of diapers a newborn typically goes through in a day for the first month of life?
What is 10 to 12 Diapers a Day?
What is Ricketts?
As all children wore dresses and skirts prior to the 16th century, the length of the dress was used to indicate- this
What is age? Younger infants would wear longer dresses and shirts to keep them from crawling far from mothers and sitters. Shorter dresses were reserved for totting and walking babies.