Baby Rodriguez-Katz

9. How many hundred bones are babies born with?
11. What percentage is a 3 year old brain fully developed?
12. Babies are born with a gap in their skull to make the squeeze through the birth canal easier. What is that gap called?
13. How many hundred hours do babies typically sleep in their first year of life?
17. What is the reflex that babies are born with where they automatically hold their breath under water?
19. What kind of language can babies learn more easily than spoken language?
20. What is the reflex where a baby latches on to feed?
21. What type of neurons are used, even as early as birth, to imitate observed actions like sticking your tongue out? These neurons form the basis of early social learning and empathy.
22. What do we do to mimic a mother’s womb after birth to help an infant feel safe and soothed?
23. What kind of activity is the best way to strengthen an infants neck and back muscles which supports future motor and muscular development?
25. This bone does not finish developing/hardening until about 5-6 years of age. Maybe this is why crawling doesn’t hurt so much?
26. It’s normal to have irregular breathing patterns in the first 6 months of life where a baby can go 5 seconds without breathing followed by several rapid breaths. What is this type of breathing called?

1. How many weeks is a human pregnancy?
2. Who has more taste buds? Adults or Babies?
3. Babies stomachs are about the size of this type of nut?
4. What is the Latin term that means “unable to speak”?
5. __% of babies are born with a hemangioma birthmark.
6. What is the reflex that babies use to hold on to your finger or hair?
7. A baby girl has about __ million eggs while in utero. This number drops to about 1-2 million eggs at birth.
8. Over how many hundreds of diapers are often used in the first year of life?
9. Approximately how many inches can a newborn see at birth?
10. What time of day do women produce the most calorie-dense breastmilk?
12. At how many months do babies start to laugh/giggle?
14. what are the first teeth to emerge?
15. By how many months do babies typically double their birth weight?
16. Lacrimal(tear) glands don’t begin to produce until about 2 weeks old. How many months will a baby be when tears start to emerge?
18. What is the name of the blood test that can determine the gender of a fetus as early as 8-10 weeks?
20. What color is usually the first for infants to recognize?
24. At approximately how many weeks do infants develop a social, intentional smile?