Infant

A crying newborn, a few days after birth

Eight-month-old infant; as a common feature, eyes are usually large in relation to the face.

A newborn baby in Indonesia, with umbilical cord ready to be clamped

Infants sleeping at the maternity hospital in Kotka, Finland in the 1950s

Nine-month infant playing with plastic duck toys, 1970

A mother wishes joy towards her child in William Blake's poem "Infant Joy". This copy, Copy AA, was printed and painted in 1826, is currently held by the Fitzwilliam Museum.

An African baby born to two African parents, with an unusually light skin

Formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby, meaning the very young offspring of human beings.

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Birth weight

Baby weighed as appropriate for gestational age.

Poster from the Soviet Union encouraging mothers to weigh their babies every week. (1930)

Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth.

Infant formula, baby formula or just formula (American English) or baby milk, infant milk, false milk, or first milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or without additional water).

Preterm birth

A new mother holds her premature baby at Kapiolani Medical Center NICU in Honolulu, Hawaii

Percentage premature births in England and Wales 2011, by age of mother and whether single or multiple birth.

Stages in prenatal development, with weeks and months numbered from last menstruation

Preterm birth at 32 weeks and 4 days with a weight of 2,000 g attached to medical equipment

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks.

Fontanelle

A fontanelle (or fontanel) (colloquially, soft spot) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising soft membranous gaps (sutures) between the cranial bones that make up the calvaria of a fetus or an infant.

Umbilical cord

Conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.

Vaginal ultrasonography of an embryo of a gestational age of 8 weeks and 3 days. The embryo is surrounded by the thin membranes of the amniotic sac, the umbilical cord is seen in the center, attaching the embryo to the placenta.

The umbilical cord is about to be cut with scissors via cesarean section

A day-old baby with its cord stump still attached.

A 7 cm (2.75 in) long detached umbilical cord.

Sectional plan of the gravid uterus in the third and fourth month.

Fetus in utero, between fifth and sixth months.

A newborn at 45 seconds, with umbilical cord clamped.

Umbilic. Deep dissection. Serial cross section.

The umbilical cord in a full term neonate is usually about 50 centimeters (20 in) long and about 2 centimeters (0.75 in) in diameter.

Fetus

Unborn offspring that develops from an animal embryo.

Diagram of the human fetal circulatory system.

Fourteen phases of elephant development before birth

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When such premature babies are born, the main causes of mortality are that the respiratory system and the central nervous system are not completely differentiated.

Diaper

Type of underwear that allows the wearer to urinate or defecate without using a toilet, by absorbing or containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environment.