Baby by the Numbers
On average, a newborn baby goes through this many diapers per day during their first few weeks.
What is 8 to 12 diapers?
A toddler will throw a full meltdown over their meal simply because it was served on the wrong color of this basic dining item.
What is a plate?
Most babies achieve their very first social milestone - a deliberate, real smile - around this age in weeks.
What is 6 to 8 weeks?
According to surveys, this parent is statistically more likely to perform the very first diaper change in the hospital room.
Who is Dad?
According to myth, severe heart burn during pregnancy means the baby will be born with a full head of this.
What is hair? (Fun fact - this is only *mostly* myth - some recent studies have found a slight correlation!)
Approximately this percentage of babies are actually born on their exact estimated due date.
What is 4% to 5%?
The universal length of time a toddler considers "one minute" when playing with a prohibited object.
What is zero seconds / an eternity
Babies typically double their birth weight by this month of life.
What is 5 to 6 months?
Studies show that when a baby says their first word, they are slightly more likely to say this consonant sound first because it's easier to pronounce.
What is "D" / "Dada"?
Legend has it that if an expectant mother carries the baby "low," the baby is guaranteed to be this gender.
What is a boy?
Newborn babies are born with approximately this many bones, which is about 90 more than an adult has.
What is 300 bones?
This 2-letter word is estimated to be uttered by a average toddler up to 20-30 times an hour during a typical breakdown.
What is "No"?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends introducing solid foods around this age in months.
What is 6 months?
Hormonally, a father's levels of this hormone materially decrease during his partner's pregnancy to increase nurturing behavior.
What is Testosterone?
An old wives' tale claims that stringing a wedding ring on a hair over the belly will spin in a circle for a girl and swing in this direction for a boy.
What is back and forth / a straight line?
On average, parents of a newborn lose this many hours of sleep per night in the baby's first year.
What is 2 hours?
The scientific phenomenon where a toddler cries because they want a snack, gets the snack, and then cries because of this action done to the snack.
What is opening the snack?
This primitive reflex causes a newborn to automatically turn their head toward anything that touches their cheek to help them feed.
What is the Rooting Reflex?
The psychological phenomenon where expectant fathers experience pregnancy symptoms like weight gain, nausea, and mood swings alongside their partner.
What is Couvade Syndrome / Sympathetic Pregnancy?
Eating this spicy dish or this tropical fruit is famous in folklore for "spurring labor," though there is no clinical proof.
What is Spicy Curry / Pineapple?
The largest recorded birth weight for a healthy human baby was born in 1879 and weighed this many pounds.
What is 22 lbs 8 oz?
According to pediatric studies, a typical 2-year-old asks an average of this many questions per day.
What is ~300 questions?
Most toddlers achieve "nighttime dryness" (potty training success through the night) around this age in years.
What is 3 to 5 years?
While mothers often soothe babies through rhythmic rocking and hushed voices, studies show fathers are statistically more likely to soothe or play with babies using this type of interaction.
What is physical/tactile/rough-and-tumble play?
Old wives say that if an expectant mother experiences lots of morning sickness in the first trimester, she is carrying this gender.
What is a girl?