first child
Firstborn of family
The first child is the eldest offspring in a family—the one born before any siblings.
First children often serve as a trial run for new parents, and birth-order theories attribute particular traits to them: responsibility, achievement orientation, rule-following.
As the first child, she was always the responsible one.
The term also appears in computing contexts for the initial element in a hierarchical structure.
- firstbornFirst child born
- eldestFirstborn in family
- heirOne who receives legacy
- birth orderSequence among siblings
- babyVery young child
newborn · oldest · sibling · pregnancy · baby bump · due date · birth · nursery · crib · diapers · diaper change · milestone · toddler · new parents · primogeniture · successor · parenthood · labor
- parenthoodbaby, newborn, pregnancy, birth, childbirth
- firstsinitial, beginning, start, opening, original
- Marriage Milestoneswedding, wedding anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, diamond anniversary
- Relationship Milestonesproposal, wedding, engagement, moving in, meeting parents
first childyoungest child
Last-born offspring
last-born · baby of the family · youngest · second child · middle child
first, child, firstly, children, childish, childlike, childhood, childless, childlessness