Rhyme Time
She lost her flock and began to weep, for this poor girl didn’t know where to find her sheep.
Little Bo Peep
In many Chinese and Vietnamese cultures, these are given to babies during Lunar New Year or at birth for luck and prosperity.
This linguistic term describes a baby's first attempts at speech, characterized by repeating syllables like "ma-ma" or "da-da".
Babbling
This Oscar-winning actor, famous for Forrest Gump, was born in Concord and went to high school in Oakland.
Tom Hanks
In this aquatic species, it’s the father who handles the heavy lifting, as the male is the one who actually gives birth.
Seahorses
A diamond-like spark in the velvet of night, set to this melody Mozart once polished bright.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Many Asian cultures wait until the baby is this many days old to have a large party, symbolizing the baby has made it through the "vulnerable" newborn stage.
100 Days
Although they can certainly make noise, newborns typically do not produce actual physical tears until they are at least this many weeks old.
2 - 3 weeks
This Vice President of the United States was born at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland.
Kamala Harris
This baby animal can stand up and walk within just one hour of birth.
Giraffe
On his land there were many sounds, including some sheep, for this elderly man has vocal animals that never seem to sleep.
Old MacDonald
According to legend, if the mother has a lot of heartburn during pregnancy, the baby will be born with a lot of what?
Hair
While parents might wish for more, the average newborn spends this many hours out of every day sleeping.
16-17 hours
Though he is the face of Boston today, this "Batman" actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter was actually born in Berkeley.
Ben Affleck
Patience is a virtue for this mammal, which holds the record for the longest gestation period at nearly two full years.
Elephants; nearly two-years!
Though it sounds like a playground game, this well-known song is widely believed to be a coded history of the Bubonic Plague.
Ring-Around-the-Rosie
Many people (including some nurses!) swear that more babies are born during this specific lunar phase.
A Full Moon
Although an adult human has 206, a newborn baby is born with approximately this many bones.
275-300
This legendary NFL quarterback (and 7-time Super Bowl champ) was born and raised in San Mateo.
Tom Brady
To ensure her babies' survival, this species must "bulk up" by gaining at least 400 pounds during her pregnancy.
Polar Bear
The animals in this rhyme allegedly represent Protestant loyalists plotting against Queen Mary I.
Mice
Before "the stork," many American parents told their children that babies were found in these, leading to a massive doll craze in the 1980s.
A Cabbage Patch
While a newborn’s brain is only about 25% of its eventual adult weight, it undergoes a massive growth spurt to reach nearly full size of an adult brain (90%) by this age.
5 years old
This martial arts legend and "Dragon" was actually born in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the Year of the Dragon while his father was on tour with the Cantonese Opera.
Bruce Lee
Despite being a "newborn," this baby can tip the scales at a whopping 100 pounds immediately after birth.
Hippo