BABY FACTS
Babies are born with approximately this many bones.
300
Newborns wake up every ___ hours to eat.
What is 2–3 hours?
If you have heartburn, the baby will have this.
a lot of hair
The average length of labor for a first-time mom is approximately:
12–24 hours
The parent most likely to cry first.
Serene
Newborn stomach size on day one is about the size of:
A) A golf ball
B) A marble
C) A walnut
D) A grape
D) A grape
Research suggests that room-sharing (without bed-sharing) for at least this long may reduce the risk of SIDS:
A) 4 weeks
B) 2 months
C) 6 months
D) 18 months
C) 6 months
Carrying low means you’re having:
A) A boy
B) A girl
C) Twins
D) Back pain
A) A boy
The first phrase every partner says during labor.
“You’re doing great”
Who will be stricter?
A) Serene
B) Ryan
C) Both
D) None of the above
B) Ryan
The average newborn uses how many diapers per day?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 8–12
D) 20
C) 8–12
Newborns spend about how much of their sleep in REM (active) sleep?
C) 50%
Craving sweets means it’s a:
girl
During pregnancy, your blood volume increases by approximately:
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 200%
C) 50%
Before the baby arrives, most parents swear they will never let their child do this.
use screens to survive dinner
Newborns can only see clearly about this far away, which just happens to be the distance from chest to face.
8–12 inches
Around this age, many babies experience a major sleep shift due to the maturation of sleep cycles, often called a “regression,” even though it’s actually developmental progress.
around 4 months
If your belly is pointy, it means you’re having this.
boy
This organ forms during pregnancy solely to support baby and then retires forever.
placenta
The most commonly abandoned pre-baby statement is:
A) “We won’t co-sleep.”
B) “We won’t use bribery.”
C) “We’ll keep a strict schedule.”
D) “We’ll never argue about who’s more tired.”
D) “We’ll never argue about who’s more tired
Babies don’t produce real tears until about this many weeks old.
around 4–8 weeks
This is the term for when babies eat nonstop for hours like tiny milk vampires.
cluster feeding
This vegetable is said to predict baby’s gender based on how much you crave it.
garlic
This hormone is responsible for contractions during labor and also plays a role in bonding and milk letdown.
oxytocin
This is the number of times per day new parents will google, “Is this normal?”
approximately 47