babysitting
baby sitting | the work of a baby sitter, caring for children when their parents are not home |
| baby | a project of personal concern to someone, this project is his baby |
| baby | a very young mammal, baby rabbits |
nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum | small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia |
nestling
baby bird | young bird not yet fledged |
galago
bushbaby
bush baby | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
baby bed
baby's bed | a small bed for babies, enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling |
baby buggy
baby carriage
carriage perambulator
pram
stroller
goart
pushchair
pusher | a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around |
baby grand
baby grand piano
parlor grand
parlor grand piano
parlour grand
parlour grand piano | a small grand piano |
| baby oil | an ointment for babies |
| baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
| baby shoe | a shoe designed to be worn by infants |
comforter pacifier
baby's dummy
teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
| nursery baby's room | a child's room for a baby |
walker
baby-walker
goart | an enclosing framework on casters or wheels, helps babies learn to walk |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
baby talk
babytalk | the developing speech of a young child |
| baby talk babytalk motherese | an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child |
baby boom
baby-boom generation | the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II |
| baby babe sister | (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women |
| baby | the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young), the baby of the family, the baby of the Supreme Court |
baby
babe
infant | a very young child (birth to year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk, the baby began to cry again, she held the baby in her arms, it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different |
| baby | an unborn child, a human fetus, I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby, it was great to feel my baby moving about inside |
baby boomer
boomer | a member of the baby boom generation in the s, they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers |
baby buster
buster | a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically |
baby doctor
pediatrician
pediatrist
paediatrician | a specialist in the care of babies |
| baby farmer | someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee |
babyminder
baby minder
minder | a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working |
babysitter
baby-sitter
sitter | a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home |
| blue baby | an infant born with a bluish color, usually has a defective heart |
| child baby | an immature childish person, he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived, stop being a baby! |
| dry nurse | a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant |
| foster-nurse | a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own |
graduate nurse
trained nurse | someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school |
| head nurse | the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution |
licensed practical nurse
LPN
practical nurse | a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick |
low-birth-weight baby
low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
nanny
nursemaid
nurse | a woman who is the custodian of children |
neonate
newborn
newborn infant
newborn baby | a baby from birth to four weeks |
| nurse | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) |
nursing aide
nurse's aide | someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training |
| nurse-midwife | a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife |
nurse practitioner
NP
nurse clinician | a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician |
premature baby
preterm baby
premature infant
preterm infant
preemie
premie | an infant that is born prior to weeks of gestation |
| probationer student nurse | a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period |
registered nurse
RN | a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration |
| scrub nurse | a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery |
| test-tube baby | a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body, the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus |
| visiting nurse | a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes |
| war baby | conceived or born during war |