noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ new , newborn , tiny
▪ low-birthweight , small , tiny
▪
Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of producing a low-birthweight ~.
▪ big
▪ full-term
▪ premature , preterm ( esp. BrE )
▪ stillborn
▪ unborn
▪ little , young
▪ three-day-old , six-week-old , ten-month-old , etc.
▪ beautiful , bonny ( BrE ), cute , lovely ( esp. BrE )
▪ bouncing ( informal ), healthy , normal
▪
A bonny, bouncing ~, Freddie was her heart's desire and joy.
▪ contented ( esp. BrE ), good , perfect
▪ colicky , crying , screaming
▪ sleeping
▪ growing
▪
He took an interest in the growing ~ even before it was born.
▪ bottle-fed , breastfed
▪ illegitimate
▪ test-tube
▪ abandoned , unwanted
▪ war (= born during the war)
VERB + BABY
▪ have
▪
I want to have a ~.
▪ want
▪
She's not sure if she wants a ~.
▪ conceive , make ( informal , humorous )
▪
Darling, I just want to stay with you and make babies!
▪ carry , expect
▪
She's not sure yet how many babies she's carrying.
▪
She's expecting a ~ in July.
▪ give birth to , produce
▪ deliver
▪
The ~ was delivered by a midwife.
▪ lose
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She lost her ~ (= had a miscarriage) three months into her pregnancy.
▪ name
▪
They named the ~ Charlie.
▪ care for , look after ( esp. BrE )
▪ feed
▪ bottle-feed
▪ breastfeed , nurse
▪ burp
▪
The ~ needed burping after every bottle.
▪ wean
▪
You can start weaning your ~ when it's four months old.
▪ change
▪
The ~ needs changing again (= needs a clean nappy/diaper) .
▪ bath ( BrE ), bathe ( esp. AmE )
▪ comfort , cradle , cuddle , hold , pick up , rock , take
▪
She rocked the ~ to sleep in her arms.
▪
Can you take the ~ while I unlock the door?
▪ kiss
▪ swaddle
▪ play with
▪ adopt
▪
They would like to adopt a newborn ~.
▪ have adopted , put up for adoption
▪
She decided to put her ~ up for adoption.
▪ abandon
BABY + VERB
▪ be due
▪
The ~ is due in October.
▪ arrive , be born
▪
Their first ~ arrived exactly nine months after the wedding.
▪ bawl , cry , scream , wail
▪ babble , coo , gurgle
▪
The ~ cooed happily on the rug.
▪ feed , nurse ( esp. AmE ), suck
▪
Babies nurse more at night in the first three weeks.
▪ be sick , dribble , drool , spit up ( AmE )
▪
Babies drool a lot when they are teething.
▪ be teething
▪ crawl , sit up , take his/her first steps , toddle , walk
▪ grow , grow up
▪
The doctor said the ~ was growing nicely.
▪ kick , move
▪
I could feel the ~ moving inside me.
▪ sleep
BABY + NOUN
▪ boy , girl
▪ brother , daughter , sister , son
▪ bird , rabbit , etc.
▪ clothes
▪ food , formula ( esp. AmE ), milk ( esp. BrE )
▪ lotion , oil , powder
▪ buggy ( BrE ), carrier , stroller ( AmE ) (see also baby carriage )
▪ alarm ( BrE ), monitor
▪ bath
▪ talk
▪
I didn't use ~ talk with my children, but used proper words right from the start.
▪ unit ( esp. BrE )
▪
the hospital's ~ unit
▪ shower ( AmE )
▪ boom (= a period when many more babies are born than usual) , boomer (= a person born during such a period)
PHRASES
▪ sleep like
▪
He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a ~.