Anatomical Anomalies
Adults have a lot of bones, while babies have this many additional bones before they fuse together later in life.
What is [300-307 total or 94-101 additional]?
Is it night time? Is it day time? Babies don't care because they lack the ability to make this important hormone.
What is melatonin?
Newborns rip through approximately this many diapers in the first week.
What is [56-84]?
Baby Kian got an Irish name, but a specific one because of this phonetic consideration as well.
What is easily pronounced by his grandparents or by native Korean speakers?
This Floridian nectar isn't appropriate for babies because of their still developing liver.
What is Orange Juice?
You are only a few days in and your baby is losing a lot of weight. What percentage of their weight can a baby lose in the first few days before you need to start worrying?
What is 10%?
Adults typically have a sleep cycle that lasts 90 minutes - how long does a newborn's sleep cycle last?
What is 40-50 minutes?
Babies love to spit up on your clothes because this anatomical bit hasn't fully formed yet.
What is the [lower esophageal] sphincter?
That's a big baby! Kian's abdomen measured this percentile at the first ultrasound.
What is 90th percentile? (within 10%)
Babies shouldn't be allowed to drink Bourbon Gold Rush cocktails because of this sweetener, which is a known risk of botulism.
What is honey?
Although renowned for their love of crying, babies can't produce these until weeks-to-months after birth.
What are tears?
The parents aren't going to get a ton of it anymore, but this percentage of the baby's sleep is in the REM cycle.
What is 50%?
This dark, sticky, and odorless stool gets a special name for being the baby's first.
What is meconium?
Are we cutting it too close? There are this many days between our move date and due date.
What is 11 (+/- 2)?
Much like a hot pocket with its near magmatic exterior and frozen core, breast milk should never be heated in this appliance to avoid risk of burning the baby
What is a microwave?
A newborn's stomach is roughly the size of this stone fruit.
What is a cherry?
Babies, like cats, are known for sleeping a lot. You can expect your baby to sleep this many hours per day.
What is [14-17] hours
This is the average weight difference between a fresh and soiled diaper for a newborn.
What is 10-20 grams or 1/3 - 2/3 of an ounce?
What is Edmonton?
This liquid is no good for babies under 6 months as it can deplete their sodium and cause a different type of intoxication.
What is water?
Before the advent of the hard hat, babies were a real risk to have on the job site because of this soft spot on their head.
What is the fontanelle?
From an evolutionary perspective, babies hate competition (aka other babies). Waking mom up constantly at night helps them achieve their dastardly goal by extending this biological process.
What is prolonged lactation delaying ovulation from returning? [Accept either prolonged lactation or delayed ovulation]
Babies can seemingly eat without stopping to breath because of this rhythm that shares an acronym with popular Nintendo game 'Super Smash Bros'
What is the Suck-Swallow-Breath rhythm?
Cravings are one thing, but this common food made Hessey queasy for all of her first trimester.
What is chicken?
What is 24-32oz?