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Infant is a slightly more formal term for the word baby, the youngest category of child. The term "infant" derives from the Latin word in-fans, meaning "unable to speak." "Infant" is also a legal term with the (quite different) meaning of minor; that is, any child under the age of legal adulthood. A human infant less than a month old is a newborn infant or a neonate*. The term "newborn" includes premature infants and postmature infants, as well as full term newborns.
The newborn's appearance
A newborn's shoulders and hips are narrow, the abdomen protrudes slightly, and the arms and legs are relatively short. The average weight of a full-term newborn is approximately 7 ½ pounds (3.2kg), but can be anywhere from 5.5–10 pounds (2.7–4.6kg). The average total body length is 14–20 inches (35.6–50.8cm), although premature newborns may be much smaller. The Apgar score is a measure of a newborn's transition from the womb during the first ten minutes of life.
A newborn's head is very large in proportion to the rest of the body, and the cranium is enormous relative to his or her face. While the adult human skull is about 1/8 of the total body length, the newborn's is twice that. At birth, many regions of the newborn's skull have not yet been converted to bone. These "soft spots" are known as fontanels; and the two largest are the diamond-shaped anterior fontanel, located at the top front portion of the head, and the smaller triangular-shaped posterior fontanel, which lies at the back of the head.
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A Trisomy 18 Journey - A story of a baby with a prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 18 who was carried to term and lived for 5 wonderful days.
Meta Description: [ Story of a baby with a prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 18 who lived 5 days. Includes Trisomy 18 and infant loss support resources. ]
Elric's home page - Elric was born with a rare chromosome disorder called Trisomy 13 (or Patau's syndrome) and died after 13 days. This page tells Elric's story and gives information about Trisomy 13.
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Meta Description: [ Kelsey's Dolphin & Trisomy 13 Page ]
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