Baby Basics
Babies are tiny, cute, and very… hungry. This liquid gold keeps them alive and makes parents feel like superheroes.
What is breast milk? (or formula)
This term refers to a baby dog.
What is a puppy?
This is the very first food most babies drink after they are born.
What is milk?
This animated infant is known for her red pacifier and rarely speaks.
Who is Maggie Simpson?
This length of time is the average number of weeks of a full-term human pregnancy.
What is 40 weeks?
This one-piece outfit keeps babies warm and makes them look like a tiny potato.
What is a onesie?
A baby kangaroo is called this, and it spends its early life in it's mother's pouch.
What is a joey?
This soft food, often made from mashed bananas or apples, is one of the first solids babies try.
What is baby Puree?
This tiny green character from a galaxy far, far away became an internet sensation after appearing on Disney+
Who is Baby Yoda?
Within hours of birth, newborns can already recognize this familiar sound.
What is their mother’s voice?
Babies have this reflex that makes them grab your finger… basically nature’s way of creating tiny pawshakes.
What is the palmar grasp reflex?
This name is given to a baby hedgehog, which is born without fully developed spines.
What is a hoglet?
Babies use this object to drink milk if they are not using a bottle.
What is a sippy cup?
Since 1928, this cute face has been the symbol of a popular baby food brand.
Who is the Gerber Baby?
A newborn typically enters the world with upwards of 300 of these, more than an adult has.
What are bones?
When babies cry for mysterious reasons, sometimes it’s because of this messy ritual parents perform multiple times a day.
What is a diaper change?
This term refers to a baby oyster or clam in its larval stage.
What is a spat?
This soft yellow fruit is often one of the first foods babies try because it is easy to mash.
What is a banana?
She was the youngest member of a British pop group that dominated the late 1990s.
Who is Baby Spice?
This anatomical term refers to the “soft spot” on a newborn’s skull where the bones haven’t fused yet.
What is a fontanelle?
Babies are born with more of these than adults, but most of them fuse over time.
What are bones?
This unusual term refers to a baby armadillo.
What is a pup?
(Fun fact: Armadillos and sharks share the same baby name!)
This soft orange vegetable is often one of the first cooked foods babies try.
What is a sweet potato?
This Disney prince is presented to all his subjects, for the first time, atop a rocky cliff.
Who is Baby Simba?
This instinctive newborn reflex helps babies locate a food source.
What is rooting/rooting reflex?