Baby Milestones
The average age for babies to say their first word.
What is 11 to 13 months?
The length of an average pregnancy.
What is 40 weeks?
How many bones a newborn has.
What is 300?
What is kneecaps? Babies’ kneecaps are made from cartilage when they are born. They don’t develop into bones until 2 to 6 years of age.
The hours a newborn sleeps on average in 24 hours.
What is 14 to 17 hours each day?
Babies’ most common “first word” in American English
What is “mommy,” followed by “daddy,” “ball,” and “bye." ?
The percentage of women who have C-sections.
What is approx. 31% of women?
The highest recorded number of children born to one mother.
What is 69? (Valentina Vassilyev between 1725 and 1765.)
The most popular baby girl name in the US in 2021.
What is Olivia?
The age a baby cries the most.
What is 6 to 8 weeks of age?
When babies start to smile socially.
What is around 6 to 8 weeks old?
The percentage of pregnant women who experience morning sickness.
What is 70%?
The first color that babies recognize.
What is red?
The most popular boy name in the US in 2021.
What is Liam?
The average amount of sleep that parents of newborns get.
What is between 5 and 6 hours a night?
When babies start to crawl.
What is around 9 months old?
The percentage of babies born on their due date.
What is 4 to 5%?
How far babies can see six weeks after birth.
What is 12 inches (30 cm) away?
The oldest known lullaby. (How many years ago)
What is a 5000 year old Babylonian song?
The first sense that babies form.
What is touch?
The first sense that babies form.
What is Babies a sense of touch first, starting at around 8 weeks in-utero.
The size of a newborns head in proportion to their body at birth.
What is one-third of their total body length?
The weight of the biggest baby ever born.
What is 22 pounds, 8 ounces?
The weight of the smallest surviving baby ever born.
What is 8.6 ounces/0.54 pounds?
The name of Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter.
What is Apple Martin?