infant
Recently arrived person
An infant is a very young child, typically one not yet able to walk or talk—roughly the first year of life.
The word carries a sense of helplessness and complete dependency.
Legal and medical contexts may extend the term through age two or beyond.
The infant slept through the night.
As an adjective, infant describes something in its earliest stages: an infant industry, an infant democracy.
Giving food to
- diaperAbsorbent infant undergarment
- bottleContainer for liquids
- formulaFixed method or notation
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
burping · swaddling · soothing · bathing · naptime · colic · pacifier · onesie
Infant under 28 days
- birthComing into the world
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- maternityState of being pregnant
- umbilicalOf the cord connecting fetus
swaddle · bassinet · crib · nursery · midwife · lactation · postpartum · gestation
Notable points of progress
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- teethingFirst molars emerging
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
weaning · neurodevelopment · cognitive · sensory · grasping · cooing · rolling · sitting
Female parent
- fatherMale parent
- parentMother or father
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- maternalOf or like mothers
paternal · parenthood · motherhood · fatherhood · bonding · sibling · grandparent · caregiver
Innocently sweet-faced
- adorableExtremely endearing
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
- cuddlyPleasantly huggable
- rosy-cheekedHaving pink-tinged face
chubby · dimpled · pudgy · soft · tiny · angelic · sweet · bright-eyed
Unable to act independently
- dependentRequiring outside support
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
vulnerable · needy · premature · undeveloped · powerless · incapable · unprotected · feeble
feeding
Giving food to
breastfeeding · burping · swaddling · soothing · bathing · naptime · colic · pacifier · onesie · highchair
neonate
Infant under 28 days
umbilical · swaddle · bassinet · crib · nursery · midwife · lactation · postpartum · gestation · incubator
milestones
Notable points of progress
babbling · weaning · neurodevelopment · cognitive · sensory · grasping · cooing · rolling · sitting · tracking
mother
Female parent
maternal · paternal · parenthood · motherhood · fatherhood · bonding · sibling · grandparent · caregiver · attachment
cherubic
Innocently sweet-faced
rosy-cheeked · chubby · dimpled · pudgy · soft · tiny · angelic · sweet · bright-eyed · plump
helpless
Unable to act independently
defenseless · vulnerable · needy · premature · undeveloped · powerless · incapable · unprotected · feeble · nurturing
pure
Unmixed, without impurities
unspoiled · unblemished · untouched · innocent · simple · genuine · wholesome · uncorrupted · blameless
- childrenkids, toddler, baby, youngster, tot
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, pediatric care, well-child visit
- age slanggeezer, codger, coot, old fart, old timer
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- infant formulaCommercial breastmilk replacement
- infant car seatRestraint for traveling newborns
- infant seatProtective carrier for newborns
- infant careAttending to babies' needs
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
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