Infant
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| - | [[Image:Piccinini_TruckBabies.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Truck Babies'', sculpture, [[1999]]. Piccinini presents a pair of [[infant]] trucks]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | “No one is free from [[original sin|sin]] in your sight, not even an [[infant]] whose span of earthly life is but a single day.”--[[Confessions (Augustine)|''Confessions'']] (397-98 AD) by Augustine | ||
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| + | [[Image:Bouguereau Innocence.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Innocence (Bouguereau)|Innocence]]'' (1893) by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]]]] | ||
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| An '''infant''' (from the [[Latin]] word ''infans'', meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless") is the very young [[offspring]] of a [[human]]. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with '''baby''', but the latter is commonly applied to the [[juvenile (organism)|young]] of any animal. When a human child learns to walk, the term ''[[toddler]]'' may be used instead. | An '''infant''' (from the [[Latin]] word ''infans'', meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless") is the very young [[offspring]] of a [[human]]. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with '''baby''', but the latter is commonly applied to the [[juvenile (organism)|young]] of any animal. When a human child learns to walk, the term ''[[toddler]]'' may be used instead. | ||
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An infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless") is the very young offspring of a human. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with baby, but the latter is commonly applied to the young of any animal. When a human child learns to walk, the term toddler may be used instead.
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Common care issues
- Baby colic
- Bassinet/crib
- Bathing
- Cradle cap
- Day care
- Diaper rash
- Infant formula
- Infant massage
- Immunization
- Pacifier
- Paternal bond
- Teething
- Umbilical cord
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See also
- Adult interaction with infants
- Attachment in children
- Baby monitor
- Babysitting
- Child development
- Cord blood
- Elimination communication
- Infant vision
- Infanticide
- Infantry
- Neonatal jaundice
- Maternal bond
- Maternal health
- Neonatology
- Organic baby products
- Parental leave
- Pediatrics
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal nutrition and birth weight
- Safe-haven law
- Shock of birth
- Object permanence
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