Baby Development
What is the 1st sense a baby develops?
(taste, hearing, smell, touch)
touch
What did baby boys wear in the 1950s?
(hot pink, red, blue, light blue, pink, green)
pink
Babies have more bones than you.
True!
When do babies start to smile?
(4-5 weeks, at birth, 4-7 months, 6-8 weeks)
Your baby will start to smile somewhere between 6-8 weeks of age.
When does eye color set in an infant?
(1-1 and a half years, 6-9 months, 4-5 months, 1-2 months)
6-9 months
What can a baby do that an adult can't?
(breath and swallow at the time, lick their elbow, cross eyes while sticking out tongue, sneeze with their eyes open)
breath and swallow at the time
Babies are natural swimmers.
true!
most babies automatically hold their breath underwater and experience the “diving reflex”—a set of autonomic responses that help conserve oxygen. Their heart rate slows, their peripheral blood vessels constrict, and they don’t inhale water.
When do babies begin to cry real tears?
(2 weeks old, 5 weeks old, at birth, 3 days old)
2 weeks old
When does a baby get their fingerprints?
(23 weeks pregnant, 2 months old, as a fetus, 50 weeks pregnant)
23 weeks pregnant
How many babies are born every second?
(17, 4, 2, 10)
4
Babies need to drink water.
False!
In fact, hydrating with water is even dangerous in the first months of life. Infants get all of their necessary hydration through breastmilk and formula, just as these ingenious liquids meet all of their nutritional needs.
At what range can a newborn see clearly?
(5 feet, 2 feet, 8-12 inches, 3-6 inches)
8-12 inches
Babies are born without which baby part?
(kneecaps, tailbone, shoulder blades, elbows)
Kneecaps
What percentage of babies are born on their actual due date?
(14%, 10%, 5%, 2%)
5%
Babies have accents.
True!
Research has shown that babies pick up their mother’s accent during the third trimester of pregnancy and this accent is even reflected in how a baby cries after birth!
By how much will the baby grow after 6 months?
(quadruple, double, triple, cinquental)
Quadruple
How many bones are babies born with?
(300, 257, 334, 206)
Around 300
How many diapers does a baby go through in one year?
(12,000, 3,000, 5,000, 7,000)
Around 3,000
Most babies do not have a birthmark.
False!
about 80% of babies are born with some sort of birth mark.
Which month are babies born heavier?
May