Baby Basics
A typical newborn sleeps this many hours a day.
What is 14-17 hours?
Full points: within interval
Partial points: one boundary within range
Babies can begin drinking water at this age.
What is 6 months?
Full points: Around 6 months
Partial points: 5-7 months
The heaviest baby ever recorded at birth weighed this much.
What is 10kg (22 pounds)?
Full points: 9.5-10.5kg
Partial points: 9-10kg
Danish law requires a baby to be named within this time frame.
What is 6 months?
Full points: around 6 months
Partial points: 5-7 months
This is the mom-to-be's weirdest pregnancy craving.
What are pickles?
Full points: exact
Partial points: salty or vinegary
Newborns can only see this far in front of them.
What is 20-30 cm (8-12 inches)?
Full points: within interval
Partial points: one boundary within range
Most babies triple their birth weight by this age.
What is 1 year?
Full points: Around 1 year
Partial points: 11-13 months
The oldest women to give birth was this age.
Full points: 73-75 years
Partial points: 70-75 years
In Denmark, babies often receive this special keepsake when baptized.
What is silver spoon and silver cup?
Full points: one of them
Partial: silver item
The baby toy / gadget he is most excited to use.
What is the baby monitor and home automation systems?
Full points: one of the two
Partial points: electronics
This percentage of babies are born on their actual due date.
What is about 5%?
Full points: 4-6%
Partial points: 3-7%
The umbilical cord stump usually falls off within this time frame.
What is 6 months?
Full points: around 6 months
Partial points: 5-7 months
The highest total number of children born to one mother.
What is 69? (Russian woman in 1700s)
Full points: 67-71
Partial points: 60-75
In Denmark, pacifiers are often symbolically given up during this childhood tradition.
What is the "pacifier tree"?
Full points: exact
Partial points: general idea of giving up pacifier publicly to an item
The parenting skill he is sure he will ace.
What is scientific or nerdy stuff?
Full points: one of the two
Partial points: teaching
A baby is born with this many bones.
What is 300?
Full points: 290-310
Partial points: 280-320
Babies begin to recognize familiar faces around this age.
What is 2 months?
Full points: 1.5-4 months
Partial points: 1-4.5 months
This is the number of babies born at once.
What is 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
The law on breastfeeding in Denmark.
There is no specific Danish law that explicitly permits or prohibits public breastfeeding. However, it is not illegal and is widely accepted across Danish society. Public breastfeeding is considered legal by default under general personal freedoms.
While private institutions (like cafés) may set their own rules, doing so is rare and often criticized. In theory, uncovered breastfeeding could be interpreted as a violation of public decency laws (e.g. §3 stk. 2), but in practice, it is not treated as indecent and is socially and legally supported.
Full points: clearly stating legality and acceptance
Partial points: not illegal or culturally okay
The most "dad-like" habit he already has.
What is junkfood?
Full points: exact
Partial points: unhealthy eating
A newborn uses approximately this many disposable diapers in their first year.
What is 2,000-2,500?
Full points: within range
Partial points: 1800-2700
Stranger anxiety typically starts showing at this age.
What is 6-9 months?
Full points: within range
Partial points: one boundary within range
The longest recorded pregnancy lasted this many days.
What is 375 days?
Full points: 370-380
Partial points: 365-390
Parental leave in Denmark is this long, typically shared between both parents. Extra point for split by law.
What is 48 weeks?
Parental Leave for the Mother, if the Parents Live Together at the Time of Birth:
- 2 weeks of leave immediately after the birth
- 8 weeks of leave, which should generally be taken before the child turns 10 weeks old
- 14 weeks of leave, which should generally be taken before the child turns 1 year old
Parental Leave for the Father or Co-mother, if the Parents Live Together at the Time of Birth:
- 2 weeks of leave at the time of birth, to be taken within the first 10 weeks after the child’s birth (within the first 2 weeks if the parent is unemployed)
- 22 weeks of leave, which should generally be taken before the child turns 1 year old
Extra points: 50/50 split
Full points: 48-52 weeks
Partial points: 45-55
This song or lullaby is his go-to.
What is Ninna Nanna Mamma?
Full points: includes a synonym for mamma
Partial points: Italian lullaby