Anatomy
Babies cannot do this until about three weeks of age.
What is produce tears?
All ten countries with the highest fertility rates in the world can be found on this continent.
What is Africa? (Niger tops the list with an average of 6.9 births per woman)
This American company was the first to develop and debut baby powder in 1893 consisting of Italian talcum and a signature scent.
What is Johnson & Johnson?
This baby animal gains up to 250 lbs per day—1 ton every 20 days.
What is a blue whale calf?
The nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses" or "Ring Around the Rosie" is often misattributed to this pandemic.
What is the Great Plague or bubonic plague?
This is the last major organ to develop in the fetus.
What is the lungs?
The average newborn goes through this many diapers per day.
What is eight to twelve?
Due to material shortages, the first disposable diapers were invented in 1942 in this European country.
What is Sweden?
The name for a baby swan and a homophone for one's personal seal.
What is a cygnet?
This dance move from the 1930s was created to accompany the nursery rhyme/song "I'm a Little Teapot".
What is the Teapot Tip?
A baby has this many bones at birth, some of which are cartilaginous, about 90 more than an adult has.
What is 300?
This color is the first a baby can see.
What is red?
The most popular baby name over the last 100 years (1923-2022) as recorded by the U.S. Social Security Administration; over 4.5 million people have been named this.
What is James?
The parents of this baby bird give each of their offspring a different acoustic "call sign" (name) that stays with them for life.
What is a parrotlet? (Green-rumped parrot)
In a famous nursery rhyme about a clock, the mouse does this when the clock strikes the hour.
What is run down?
This substance helps stimulate a baby's immune system after birth.
What is colostrum?
The fewest number of babies are born in this month.
What is February?
The first recorded pregnancy test dates to 1350 B.C.E. from this culture.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This baby non-human primate breastfeeds for up to eight years.
What is an orangutan?
This database contains around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 folk songs and nursery rhymes from English oral tradition from all over the world.
What is the Roud Folk Song Index?
At birth a newborn has this much blood, on average.
What is one cup?
This country has an infant mortality rate of 1.54%, the lowest in the world.
What is Iceland?
From 1725-1765, a woman named Valentina from this country reportedly bore 69 children over 27 pregnancies.
What is Russia?
Many reptiles are born with this special anatomical part that enables them to break free of their shells.
What is an egg tooth or caruncle?
This nursery rhyme was most likely written by a New England schoolteacher in the 19th century about an incident with one of her students.
What is "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?