BABY FACTS
When your baby has tummy problems...what type of formula does the pediatrician recommend?
What is soy?
Born after a 15-month gestation period, a newborn one of these tallest land mammals drops about 6 feet to the ground during birth, which actually helps take its first breath.
What is a giraffe?
Invented in the 1950s, this iconic, one-piece infant garment features snaps at the crotch to make diaper changes significantly easier.
What is a onesie?
What is the part of the leg that babies are born without?
What are knee caps?
Unlike most species, it's the father who gives birth to these tiny babies—called fry—carrying up to 2,000 of them in a specialized abdominal pouch.
What is a seahorse?
Regardless of gender, up until the early 20th century, most babies and toddlers under age five wore this type of clothing for practical reasons like diaper access and growth room.
What is a dress?
This involuntary reflex allows a newborn to support its own weight by grasping an adult's fingers—a biological leftover from our evolutionary ancestors.
What is the palmar grasp reflex? (Accepting "the grasping reflex")
What does William mean?
What is a will or desire?
Despite growing into a 200-pound adult, a newborn one of these black-and-white bears is hairless, blind, and roughly the size of a stick of butter.
What is a giant panda?
Often built directly into the cuffs of newborn sleepwear, these integrated fabric covers fold over an infant's hands to keep them from accidentally scratching their own face.
What are mittens?
While newborns can easily taste sweet, sour, and bitter flavors at birth, their kidneys and tongue receptors aren't developed enough to perceive this specific taste until around 4 months.
What is salty?
To survive freezing sub-zero temperatures, the chicks of this specific flightless bird species stand on their parents' feet and hide under a warm layer of feathered skin called a brood pouch.
What is an emperor penguin?
Designed to completely replace loose blankets in a crib for safety reasons, this sleeveless, zippered garment keeps an infant warm while ensuring their face stays uncovered.
What is a sleep sack?
What is 130 bpm?
What does Michelle mean?
Who is of God?
Despite their massive, river-dwelling adult size, a newborn one of these African mammals is called a calf and can actually suckle underwater.
What is a hippopotamus?
While historically worn by all babies to protect their heads from drafts, this ruffled, tie-on headwear is now mostly seen in vintage portraits or royal christenings.
What is a bonnet?