Tiny Humans, Big Facts
The average new born weighs about this many pounds.
7-8 lb
This 1987 movie gave us the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
Dirty Dancing
This 1998 Britney Spears hit made “baby” part of a global pop anthem.
Baby One More Time
This is the average number of diapers a newborn uses each day.
8-12 diapers/day
Historians believe this nursery rhyme, featuring a large egg, was originally a metaphor for a large cannon used during the English Civil War.
Humpty Dumpty
Doctors recommend placing babies in this position while sleeping.
On their back.
This animated show featured a group of toddlers and their adventurous baby friend, Tommy Pickles
Rugrats
This 2010 song by Justin Bieber features Ludacris and says “baby” 57 times in 4 minutes.
Baby
The first diaper invented in 1946 was made from this material.
Cellulose/absorbent paper
The “Ring Around the Rosie” rhyme is often thought to refer to this historical event in Europe.
The Black Plague/Bubonic Plague
Babies are often born without this bone fully fused.
Kneecap
The film Look Who’s Talking features a baby whose inner thoughts are voiced by this actor?
Bruce Willis
This 1990 Vanilla Ice hit famously repeats its title.
Ice Ice Baby
This popular brand made disposable diapers famous in the 1960s.
Pampers
“Baa Baa Black Sheep” has been linked historically to this type of English taxation in the 18th century.
Medieval wool tax
This reflex causes a baby to automatically grasp a finger placed in their palm.
Palmar grasp reflex
In the TV-show, Full House, the baby of the family, Michelle Tanner, was famously played by twins; this pair of actresses later launched a major fashion and entertainment empire
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
In 1977, this band released a hit repeating “Baby, come back” in the chorus.
Player
Roughly how long does it take a disposable diaper to fully decompose in a landfill
~500 years
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” was inspired by a real-life girl and her pet lamb in this US state.
Massachusetts
Babies are born with this sense more developed than any other, which helps them recognize their mother.
Sense of smell.
This HBO fantasy series features a baby who is prophesied to change the world, often referred to as “the Prince That Was Promised.”
Game of Thrones
This 2020 Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow song uses “baby” in its title as they celebrate fame and resilience after breaking through pop charts.
Industry Baby
The Guinness World Record for the most diapers changed in 24 hours is this number
501!
The story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” originally featured this main character, rather than a little girl, in early 19th-century versions.
A fox