Baby Gear
This soft cloth is used to wrap a newborn snugly for comfort and sleep.
What is a swaddle?
This was the nickname of our team during college.
What is Team T?
This animal’s baby is called a calf and often wears spots.
What is a cow?
Blue Ivy is the daughter of this superstar couple.
Who are Beyoncé and Jay-Z?
Babies are most commonly born in this month in the U.S.
What is August?
This type of car seat can be used from infancy through toddlerhood by converting from rear-facing to forward-facing.
What is a convertible car seat?
On the volleyball court, if someone forgot to “hit the floor,” this was the punishment we all had to do.
What are up-downs?
The baby of this tall animal is called a calf — and can stand within an hour of birth.
What is a giraffe?
Apple is the daughter of this Coldplay frontman and Hollywood actress.
Who are Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow?
This type of “false labor” involves irregular contractions that don’t lead to birth.
What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
First introduced in Sweden, this oval-shaped sleeping space is a modern alternative to a crib.
What is a bassinet?
Meg received this CCVB-related gift in 2009 for Christmas.
What is a large blue blanket with CCVB's team picture?
A baby kangaroo is called this, and it rides in its mother’s pouch.
What is a joey?
Elon Musk and Grimes famously named their child this… mathematically confusing moniker.
What is X Æ A-12 (or X)?
The phrase “water breaking” refers to the rupture of this protective sac around the baby.
What is the amniotic sac?
Parents sometimes debate between a Moses basket, a DockATot, or this safe, portable sleep option recommended by pediatricians.
What is a Pack ’n Play (or playard)?
This was Meg's jersey number.
What is #10?
This animal’s baby is called a cygnet.
What is a swan?
North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm are the children of this reality TV star and rapper.
Who are Kim Kardashian and Kanye West?
The Apgar score is given to babies at 1 and 5 minutes after birth, and it measures 5 things. Name one.
What is (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration)?
This “gear item” is technically free: it’s the only thing guaranteed to calm a baby at 2 a.m. when nothing else works.
What are your arms?
This conference, known for its academics and athletics, is made up of these 11 schools — name them all.
What are Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams?
A group of baby pigs is called a litter, but an individual baby pig is known as this.
What is a piglet?
This actress named her daughter “Birdie Mae” — a nod to southern charm.
Who is Jessica Simpson?
This hormone, sometimes called the “love hormone,” helps trigger contractions during labor.
What is oxytocin?