About Me
My due date
December 22, 2025
It’s common in Italy for godparents to give a newborn a small gold charm or bracelet at this religious event.
Baptism
This baby from The Incredibles has a wide range of superpowers.
Jack-Jack
This temporary organ grows only during pregnancy to support the baby.
The placenta
True or False: Babies are born without kneecaps.
TRUE
The Arizona city where I grew up.
Gilbert
In Māori culture, what is traditionally done with a baby’s placenta to symbolize their bond with ancestors and the earth?
It is buried in ancestral land.
This cherubic face became the logo for a baby-food brand in 1928.
The Gerber Baby
This organ can enlarge up to 45% to handle increased blood flow.
The heart
Newborns typically sleep this many hours per day.
About 14–18 hours
My baby's name
Lionel (Lio) Li Vigni
In some Nordic cultures, babies nap outside even in winter. What benefit is often believed to come from this practice?
Reduced exposure to indoor germs and better sleep
This animated infant leads his own secret corporation while wearing a suit and tie.
Boss Baby
Craving chalk, dirt, or ice is a condition called what?
Pica
Most babies start smiling socially around this age.
6–12 weeks
My fiance's name and where we met
Valerio and on a cruise ship
In Nigeria, what event is held on the eighth day after birth, following traditional beliefs that a child fully enters the world on this day.
Yoruba naming ceremony
This 1990 film features bachelors struggling to care for an infant.
Three Men and a Baby
This hormone stimulates uterine contractions during birth, milk flow during breastfeeding, and bond between parent and baby.
Oxytocin
The reflex causing babies to fling their arms when startled.
The Moro reflex
The cruise line I worked for and what I did.
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Professional Dancer
This traditional Mexican shawl holds deep cultural meaning and can be used for carrying babies and supporting a mother's body in labor.
A rebozo
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, this cigar-smoking toon baby talks like an adult.
Baby Herman
Mothers can carry part of the baby with them for decades. What is the process called where fetal cells stay in the mother’s body?
Microchimerism
What does the APGAR score test for?
Otherwise known as the “first cry” test, it checks five vital signs
A – Appearance (skin color)
P – Pulse (heart rate)
G – Grimace (reflex response)
A – Activity (muscle tone)
R – Respiration (breathing effort)