newborn
Just entered world
A newborn is a baby in the first weeks of life, typically the first month.
The word works as both noun and adjective: a newborn infant, caring for a newborn.
By extension, newborn describes anything very recently created or begun: a newborn democracy, newborn enthusiasm.
Wrap infant tightly
- bassinetPortable infant bed
- cribSmall bed with rails
- nurseryRoom for infants
- lullabySoothing song for babies
diapers · onesie · pacifier · cradle · formula · breastfeeding · bottle · burping
Of earliest infancy
- neonateInfant under 28 days
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- preemieBaby born early
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
apnea · phototherapy · sepsis · ventilation · cyanosis · preterm · perinatal · NICU
Uncontaminated quality
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
tender · vulnerable · guileless · untouched · freshness · unblemished · helpless · dependent
Point of creation
- dawnDay's first glow
- inceptionFounding moment
- emergenceComing into existence
- nascentBeginning to develop
arrival · debut · origin · threshold · advent · commencement · nascence · budding
Notable points of progress
- reflexesAutomatic physical responses
- feedingGiving food to
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- bondingForming close connections
attachment · rooting · grasping · tracking · cooing · skin-to-skin · circadian · sensory
Commitment to act
- futureTime still to come
- possibilityState of being achievable
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- unfoldingGradually becoming apparent
latent · untapped · unrealized · budding · dawning · growth · development · becoming
swaddle
Wrap infant tightly
lullaby · diapers · onesie · pacifier · cradle · formula · breastfeeding · bottle · burping · naptime
neonatal
Of earliest infancy
incubator · apnea · phototherapy · sepsis · ventilation · cyanosis · preterm · perinatal · NICU · bilirubin
purity
Uncontaminated quality
precious · tender · vulnerable · guileless · untouched · freshness · unblemished · helpless · dependent · trusting
genesis
Point of creation
nascent · arrival · debut · origin · threshold · advent · commencement · nascence · budding · earliest
milestones
Notable points of progress
bonding · attachment · rooting · grasping · tracking · cooing · skin-to-skin · circadian · sensory · cognitive
promise
Commitment to act
- futureTime still to come
- possibilityState of being achievable
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
unfolding · latent · untapped · unrealized · budding · dawning · growth · development · becoming · trajectory
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- childrenkids, toddler, baby, infant, youngster
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- newfresh, newest, recent, current, modern
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, pacifiers, cribs, baby oil
- child developmentbaby, toddler, infancy, milestones, milestone
- newborn lamb
- newborn calf
- newborn baby
- newborn careTending to infants
- newborn photoPicture of recent arrival