Rhyme Time
She lost her flock and began to weep, for this poor girl didn’t know where to find her sheep.
Who is 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.
What are Red Envelopes?
This linguistic term describes a baby's first attempts at speech, characterized by repeating syllables like "ma-ma" or "da-da".
What is Babbling?
Though you might associate this GOAT with Chicago, this champion was actually born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Who is Michael Jordan?
In this aquatic species, it’s the father who handles the heavy lifting, as the male is the one who actually gives birth.
What are Seahorses?
A diamond-like spark in the velvet of night, set to this melody Mozart once polished bright.
What is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
In Jewish tradition, a red string is often tied to a baby's crib or wrist to ward off this "envious" supernatural force.
What is the Evil Eye?
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 "from the Block" superstar was born and raised in the Bronx.
Who is J.Lo?
After entering the world via a 6-foot drop to the ground, this baby animal can stand up and walk within just one hour of birth.
What is a Giraffe?
On his land there were many sounds, including some sheep, for this elderly man has vocal animals that never seem to sleep.
Who is Old MacDonald?
According to legend, if the mother has a lot of heartburn during pregnancy, the baby will be born with a lot of this.
What is Hair?
While parents might wish for more, the average newborn spends this many hours out of every day sleeping.
16-17 hours
Before she was "Mother Monster," this Oscar and Grammy winner was known as Stefani Germanotta, and born and raised in Manhattan.
Who is Lady Gaga?
Patience is a virtue for this land mammal, which holds the record for the longest gestation period at nearly two full years.
What is an Elephant?
Though it sounds like a playground game, this well-known song is widely believed to be a coded history of the Bubonic Plague.
What is Ring-Around-the-Rosie?
Many people (including some nurses!) swear that more babies are born during this specific lunar phase.
What is a Full Moon?
Although an adult human has 206, a newborn baby is born with approximately this many bones.
275-300
This "Notorious" Supreme Court Justice was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in 1933.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
To ensure her babies' survival, this animal must "bulk up" by gaining at least 400 pounds during her pregnancy.
What is a Polar Bear?
The animals in this rhyme allegedly represent Protestant loyalists plotting against Queen Mary I.
What are 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.
What is 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
Born on the Upper West Side, this computer science pioneer co-created COBOL and famously "debugged" a computer by removing a literal moth from a relay.
Who is Grace Hopper?
Born underwater and weighing a whopping 100 pounds at birth, this newborn must immediately swim to the surface to take its first breath.
What is a Hippo?