Baby Basics
A typical newborn sleeps this many hours a day.
14-17 hours
Full points: within interval
Partial points: one boundary within range
At what age babies can begin drinking water?
6 months
Full points: Around 6 months
Partial points: 5-7 months
The heaviest baby ever recorded at birth weighed this much.
10kg
Full points: 9.5-10.5kg
Partial points: 9-10kg
How early in the womb twins will start to interact with each other?
Studies have shown that twins start interacting with each other as early as 14 weeks into pregnancy
Full points: 14 weeks
Partial points: +/- 6 weeks
What is the mom-to-be's weirdest pregnancy craving (4)
Turkish yogurt, apples, spinach, insane amount of bubble water.
Full points: say at least 3
Partial points: say at least 1
Newborns can only see this far in front of them.
20-30 cm
Full points: within interval
Partial points: one boundary within range
In what age most babies triple their birth weight?
1 year
Full points: Around 1 year
Partial points: 11-13 months
The oldest women to give birth (and they were twins!)
74 years old.
The oldest woman to give birth is Erramatti Mangayamma, an Indian woman who gave birth to twin girls at the age of 73 (or 74, according to some reports) in 2019. She conceived through IVF after being married for 57 years without having children.
Full points: 73-75 years
Partial points: 70-75 years
Twins are more likely to be left-handed than single-born individuals. By what percentage is the likelihood of being left-handed higher in twins compared to singles?
Twins have a 12% higher chance of being born left-handed than singles
Full points: 12%
Partial: between 10 and 15%
Who will the babies be like more according to dad?
They will look like dad but more blonde but their personality will be exactly like Særùns.
'Soon I will have to deal with three Særùns 😅'
Full points: look like dad, personality like mom
Partial points: one of the predictions
How many percentage of babies are born on their actual due date?
5%
Full points: 4-6%
Partial points: 3-7%
The umbilical cord stump usually falls off within this time frame.
5-6 days
Full points: one of the two
Partial points: 4-7 days
The highest total number of children born to one mother.
69 (Russian woman in 1700s)
Full points: 67-71
Partial points: 60-75
What is the feature that differs in twins, even if they are identical and share same DNA?
Fingerprints. While their fingerprints may appear similar at a glance, the intricate details, such as ridge endings and splits, differ due to environmental factors during fetal development.
Full points: exact
Partial points: n/a
The parenting skill he is sure he will ace (3)
- play a music instruments
- teach them about good music
- skill how to remember stuff for school tests
Full points:3
Partial points: 1
With how many bones a baby is born?
300.
This is significantly more than the 206 bones found in an adult human body. Many of these bones are initially made of cartilage, which is a softer, more flexible material that allows the baby's body to be more pliable during birth and early development. As the baby grows, these cartilaginous structures gradually ossify, meaning they harden and fuse together to form the adult skeletal structure.
Full points: 290-310
Partial points: 280-320
At what age babies begin to recognize familiar faces?
2 months
Full points: 1.5-4 months
Partial points: 1-4.5 months
What is the highest number of babies born at once?
9 (nonuplets) Five girls and four boys, were born to Halima Cissé and Abdelkader Arby in Morocco on May 4, 2021
Full points: exact
Partial points: 8-10
Which country (or at least continent for partial points) have the highest rate of twins?
High rates of twins are found throughout Central Africa. With 27.9 twins per 1000 births (2.8%), Benin has the highest national average.
Full points: Benin
Partial points: somewhere in Africa
The most "dad-like" habit he already has.
Muscle pain everywhere in my body. And making a lot of noise whatever movement, for example standing up or sitting down on a chair
Full points: body pain and noise with movements
Partial points: body pain or noise
How many disposable diapers a newborn uses approximately in the first year?
2,000-2,500
Full points: within range
Partial points: 1800-2700
Stranger anxiety typically starts showing at this age.
6-9 months
Full points: within range
Partial points: one boundary within range
The longest recorded pregnancy lasted this many days.
375 days. This extraordinary case involved Beulah Hunter, who gave birth to a baby girl named Penny Diana on February 21, 1945.
Full points: 370-380
Partial points: 365-390
What is an advantage for the women who has twins?
Mothers of twins tend to live longer. The University of Utah completed a study that looked at the birth and death records between 1800 and 1970. It found that moms of twins tend to live longer than mothers of non-twins.
Full points: they live longer
Partial points: they are happy to have two babies at once
This song or lullaby is his go-to
Jack White, Love is the truth
Full points: full title
Partial points: -