Baby Animals
A species of fish where the males give birth.
What is a seahorse?
Because newborns can’t hold it up on their own, this part of a baby must always be supported when carrying them.
What is the head (and neck)?
This is the name of the place where a baby grows during pregnancy.
What is the uterus?
Babies are born with this sense already working very well.
What is hearing?
This is the opening in the uterus that must widen for the baby to be born.
What is the cervix?
A baby koala.
What is a Joey?
During diaper changes, babies should always be wiped in this direction to help prevent infection.
What is front to back?
A typical human pregnancy lasts about this many weeks.
What is 40 weeks?
Babies are born with a strong preference for this taste.
What is sweet?
Even after the baby is born, a woman must still deliver this second thing.
What is the placenta?
Not just cats—this animal’s babies are also called kittens or kits.
What is a rabbit?
Holding a newborn against a bare chest to calm them and support bonding is also known by this name.
What is skin-to-skin contact (or kangaroo care)?
This body system is partially suppressed during pregnancy to avoid attacking the fetus.
What is the immune system?
Babies don’t cry real tears at first because these glands aren’t fully developed.
What are tear glands (lacrimal glands)?
Once labor begins, women are usually asked not to do this until after the baby is born.
What is eat?
This baby animal enters the world with a 1.5–2 meter fall because its mother gives birth standing up.
What is a baby giraffe?
Cleaned with water and kept dry, this newborn body part normally falls off within a few weeks of birth.
What is the umbilical cord stump?
This hormone relaxes ligaments and joints, sometimes making pregnant people feel unusually flexible.
What is relaxin?
Newborns prefer looking at this kind of image over random shapes.
What are faces?
Most women experience this normal physical process for weeks after giving birth.
What is postpartum bleeding?
This bird practices brood parasitism by laying its eggs in other birds’ nests and letting unsuspecting hosts raise its young.
What is the cuckoo?
This storage rule says opened formula should be used within this amount of time.
What is one month?
This is why pregnant people may feel short of breath even when resting.
What is the diaphragm being pushed upward?
Human babies differ from other primates because they develop this social behavior uniquely early.
What is smiling?
A woman’s body can shake, shiver, or feel cold after birth due to this sudden change.
What is a drop in adrenaline and hormones?