125 Best Baby Trivia Questions for Showers and Sprinkles

The time has come for you to welcome a new baby into your, your friend’s or your family’s life, and how exciting a time this can be! While all of the events to celebrate this wonderful new miracle are supposed to be fun and full of love, sometimes they can also be full of stress. If you’re in charge of throwing the baby shower—or even the baby sprinkle—and you want to get everyone involved, smiling, laughing and leave them with a lasting impression, then you should give trivia a try!

We all know that certain baby shower games can sometimes be a little much for some crowds. But trivia is a fun way to get the whole party playing without feeling like there’s too much pressure. Really, the only thing you’d need to do is have your questions ready and keep track of who wins the most points by answering correctly. And who doesn’t like to be right, win the most points and get a prize at the end?

This list of 125 baby trivia questions is here to act as your saving grace, taking out the hassle of finding all of this info for yourself. Pick your favorites, or even ask them all at your upcoming shower or sprinkle for a lighthearted way to provide some extra fun. There’s even a section including interesting ‘did you know’ facts about babies that you can turn into a true or false game!

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125 Best Baby Trivia Questions

1. Question: At how many weeks do people usually discover the sex of their baby on an ultrasound for the most accurate results?
   Answer: 18 weeks, typically.
2. Question: When can babies recognize themselves in the mirror?
   Answer: Around 18-24 months.
3. Question: When is it safe to bathe (other than sponge bathe) your baby for the first time?
   Answer: After the umbilical stump falls off.
4. Question: How do you say ‘baby’ in Japanese?
   Answer: Akachan.
5. Question:At what age can babies begin eating solid foods?
   Answer:6 months.
6. Question: At what age do most babies start teething?
   Answer: Around 6 months.
7. Question: What is the recommended age to introduce cow’s milk to a baby’s diet?
   Answer: 1 year.
8. Question: What is the scientific term for what forms after conception? (When the sperm and egg unite.)
   Answer: Zygote.
9. Question: What is the name of the reflex that causes a baby to turn its head toward a touch on the cheek?
   Answer: The Rooting Reflex.
10. Question: On average, how much does it cost to raise a child from birth to 17 years old in America?
    Answer: Approximately $285,000.
11. Question: What is the name of the reflex that causes a baby to fling out their arms when they are startled?
    Answer: The Moro Reflex.
12. Question: At how many weeks is a pregnancy considered full term?
    Answer: 39 weeks.
13. Question: What name is used to refer to babies in South Africa?
    Answer: Baba.
14. Question: What percentage of deliveries are cesarean in the U.S.?
    Answer: About 32.3%.
15. Question: What is the name of the soft spot on a newborn baby’s head?
    Answer: The fontanelle.
16. Question: How long does it take for a baby’s permanent eye color to be established?
    Answer: Up to 1 year.
17. Question: What food can babies not have until they’re at least a year old?
    Answer: Honey.
18. Question: In which country did birth defects increase to 40% from 2001-2006?
    Answer: China.
19. Question: At what age do babies start trying to feed themselves?
    Answer: Around 8 months.
20. Question: What is it called when babies are allowed to feed themselves?
    Answer: Baby-led weaning.
21. Question: How long does an average pregnancy last?
    Answer: 40 weeks.
22. Question: How high was the infant mortality rate in Medieval Europe?
    Answer: 40-50%
23. Question: At what age are babies generally ready to try drinking from a sippy cup?
    Answer: Around 9 months.
24. Question: How long can breast milk be stored in the refrigerator?
    Answer: Up to 4 days.
25. Question: How long can breast milk be stored in the freezer?
    Answer: Up to 12 months.
26. Question: What is the average cost of raising a child in the U.S. for the first year?
    Answer: About $20,000.
27. Question: What evil mythological character is never used in lullabies?
    Answer: Lilith, as this demon was believed to steal babies’ souls.
28. Question: In which European countries is it a common practice for babies to take their naps outdoors, even in cold weather?
    Answer: Nordic countries (Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark).
29. Question: What is the highest number of teeth a baby has been born with?
    Answer: 12.
30. Question: How big is a newborn baby’s stomach?
    Answer: About the size of a cherry.
31. Question: What are pacifiers commonly called in Canada?
    Answer: Soothers.
32. Question: What is the world record for the longest time spent in labor?
    Answer: 75 days!
33. Question: What is the primary carbohydrate source in most formulas?
    Answer: Lactose.
34. Question: How many ounces of milk does a typical newborn drink in one feeding?
    Answer: About 1.5-3 oz.
35. Question: When do babies show signs of ‘stranger danger’ and seem anxious around unfamiliar people?
    Answer: About 6 months.

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Fun Baby Shower Trivia

1. Question: What is the highest number of babies born to one woman?
   Answer: 69 (Guinness World Records reported she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets in the 1700s).
2. Question: How far can a newborn baby see?
   Answer: About 8-12 inches away.
3. Question: Which music group composed the famous song “Baby Love”?
   Answer: The Supremes.
4. Question: At what age do babies start rolling over?
   Answer: Around 4 months.
5. Question: What is the oldest recorded age of a mother giving birth?
   Answer: 74.
6. Question: What is the most common baby girl’s name in the U.S.?
   Answer: Olivia (as of the last reported Social Security Administration’s list).
7. Question: What is the most common baby boy’s name in the U.S.?
   Answer: Liam.
8. Question: On average, at what age do babies start crawling?
   Answer: 9 months.
9. Question: How many bones does a newborn have?
   Answer: 300.
10. Question: What bones are babies born without?
    Answer: Kneecaps.
11. Question: Where is the fontanelle located?
    Answer: The skull.
12. Question: What is the most popular baby shower gift?
    Answer: Diapers!
13. Question: At what age can babies taste salt?
    Answer: Around 3-4 months.
14. Question: How much sleep do parents of newborns get on average?
    Answer: 4-5 hours of sleep, on average.
15. Question: What is the first sense that a baby acquires after birth?
    Answer: Touch.
16. Question: At what age does a baby begin to smile socially?
    Answer: Around 6-8 weeks.
17. Question: What color was associated with baby boys in the early 1900s?
    Answer: The color pink.
18. Question: What is the first color babies recognize?
    Answer: Red, a few weeks after they’re born.
19. Question: What is the percentage of babies born on their actual due date?
    Answer: 5%.
20. Question: How many extra calories should a woman eat in her third trimester?
    Answer: An extra 500 calories per day.
21. Question: What is the world record weight for the smallest surviving baby ever born?
    Answer: 7.5 oz in Singapore.
22. Question: What are disposable diapers called in the UK?
    Answer: Nappies.
23. Question: What are disposable diapers called in South Africa?
    Answer: Disposables.
24. Question: When do a baby’s fingerprints develop?
    Answer: Around 17 weeks after conception.
25. Question: How long does it take for those fingerprints to show up on the baby’s fingers?
    Answer: They are prominent around 6 months.
26. Question: At what age do babies begin to recognize familiar people?
    Answer: Around 3 months.
27. Question: When do babies start to cry real tears?
    Answer: Around 1-3 months.
28. Question: On average, how much do newborns sleep in 24 hours?
    Answer: 14-17 hours.
29. Question: What was the weight of the heaviest baby born on record?
    Answer: 22 lbs, in 1879.
30. Question: What is the most essential ingredient required to make a ‘diaper cake’?
    Answer: The diapers!

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Funny Baby Trivia

1. Question: How many diapers does a baby go through in a day, on average?
   Answer: 8-12.
2. Question: Can babies taste the food a mother eats in the womb?
   Answer: Yes!
3. Question: What is the proportion of a baby’s head to its body at birth?
   Answer: A baby’s head is one-quarter of the size of its body at birth.
4. Question: Can babies yawn in the womb?
   Answer: Yes.
5. Question: What is the most common pregnancy craving around the world?
   Answer: Pickles.
6. Question: At what age does a baby double their birth weight?
   Answer: Around 5 months.
7. Question: What does it mean if the mother-to-be craves sweets during pregnancy, according to old wives’ tales?
   Answer: The baby will be a girl.
8. Question: What does it mean if the mother-to-be craves salty or savory things during pregnancy, according to old wives’ tales?
   Answer: The baby will be a boy.
9. Question: If your nose spreads out during pregnancy, what gender baby will you have, according to an old wives’ tale?
   Answer: A girl.
10. Question: What letter do most U.S. babies’ names start with?
    Answer: J.
11. Question: What is a pacifier called in the UK?
    Answer: A dummy.
12. Question: On average, how much cereal does a baby eat per year?
    Answer: 15 pounds.
13. Question: An average pregnancy is 280 days, or 40 weeks. How many days is the longest recorded pregnancy?
    Answer: 375 days!
14. Question: How many diapers does the average baby go through in their first year?
    Answer: About 2100.
15. Question: In what month are more babies born in the US than in any other month?
    Answer: September.
16. Question: Babies recognize their mother’s voice at birth, but how long does it take for them to recognize their father’s voice?
    Answer: About 14 days.
17. Question: According to an old wives’ tale, what does it mean if you’re pregnant and eat raw garlic but don’t smell of garlic an hour later?
    Answer: The baby will be a girl.
18. Question: What is a pregnant Turkish woman forbidden, or not supposed, to do?
    Answer: Look at bears, camels or monkeys! They are encouraged to look at nice things in order to produce a beautiful baby.
19. Question: How many children does Nick Cannon have as of 2026?
    Answer: 12.
20. Question: What is it thought to mean if you’re carrying the baby low?
    Answer: The baby will be a boy.
21. Question: Which celebrity requested that their own live album be played in the delivery room so her babies would be born to the sound of her music?
    Answer:Mariah Carey.
22. Question: According to an old wives’ tale, what does it mean if the baby’s fetal heart rate is above 140 bpm?
    Answer: The baby will be a girl.
23. Question: What is the term used for the children of celebrities who have succeeded in careers similar to their parents?
    Answer: They are referred to as “nepo babies.”
24. Question: Which celebrity dad welcomed a baby girl in 2023 at the age of 80 years?
    Answer:Robert De Niro.
25. Question: According to an old wives’ tale, what does it mean if you prefer to sleep on your left side during pregnancy?
    Answer: The baby will be a boy.
26. Question: Which celebrity couple is often credited for kicking off the “unique baby name” trend by naming their daughter Apple in 2004?
    Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
27. Question: Which celebrity mommy welcomed baby twins in 2023 at the age of 48 years?
    Answer:Hilary Swank.
28. Question: According to an old wives’ tale, what will the baby be born with if you have heartburn frequently during pregnancy?
    Answer: A lot of hair.
29. Question: What is it thought to mean if your hair and nails are healthy and shiny during pregnancy?
    Answer: You will have a baby boy.
30. Question: What is it thought to mean if you develop acne during pregnancy?
    Answer: The baby will be a girl.

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‘Did You Know’ Fun Facts About Babies

1. Did you know that a toddler can take approximately 2400 steps in an hour?
2. Did you know that 266 babies are born every minute?
3. Did you know that a baby’s brain will more than double in size in their first year?
4. Did you know it can take up to 12 weeks for a baby to recognize the difference between day and night?
5. Did you know that breast milk adapts to the baby’s needs as the baby grows?
6. Did you know that babies are born with an innate sense of rhythm?
7. Did you know that December, January and February are the least common birth months?
8. Did you know that fetuses develop fur, gills and a tail? These either disappear before birth or develop into jaw and ear bones and the coccyx.
9. Did you know that babies grow around 1-1.5 cm per month?
10. Did you know that a baby’s tastebuds only recognize sweet and sour?
11. Did you know that children who are firstborn are 1.7 times more likely than their younger siblings to live to the age of one hundred?
12. Did you know that human babies are the only smiling primates?
13. Did you know that a newborn’s eyes are 75% of the size they will be during adulthood?
14. Did you know that babies can swallow and breathe at the same time? (It’s almost impossible for adults!)
15. Did you know that babies lose all of the hair they’re born with in the first 4 months?
16. Did you know that 85% of newborns prefer to face to the right when sleeping on their back?
17. Did you know that the term “infant” comes from the Latin “infans,” which means “unable to speak?”
18. Did you know babies are born with about 70 different reflexes?
19. Did you know that your baby knows your taste in music?
20. Did you know that on average, babies will sleep about 5400 hours their first year?
21. Did you know that babies laugh about 300 times each day?
22. Did you know that female babies stay in the womb on average a day longer than male babies?
23. Did you know that babies generally have no memory before the age of three?
24. Did you know that breastfeeding for at least 2 months halves the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
25. Did you know that babies are natural-born swimmers?
26. Did you know that most babies are born with a birthmark?
27. Did you know that a baby will only be alert for about three minutes every hour for the first few years of their life?
28. Did you know that babies have about 30,000 taste buds when they’re born?
29. Did you know that statistically, people born in October tend to live the longest?
30. Did you know a baby is born around the world every 3 seconds?

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