Synonyms and antonyms of Feeding and caring for a baby in American Thesaurus

baby milk (noun)

British formula for babies

baby talk (noun)

sounds and words that babies make when they are learning to speak, or similar sounds and words that adults use when talking to babies

babywearing (noun)

the practice of carrying a baby close to your body in a sling or similar carrier

bond (verb)

to develop the strong and special feeling of love that it is considered normal for a mother and her baby to have for each other

bottle-feed (verb)

to feed a baby with milk from a bottle instead of breastfeeding it

breastfeed (verb)

to feed a baby with milk from your breasts instead of bottle-feeding it

burp (verb)

to help a baby to bring up air from its stomach by hitting it gently on the back

change (verb)

if you change a baby or change its diaper, you take off the dirty diaper and put on a clean one

colic (noun)

pain that a baby has in its stomach

cot death (noun)

British SIDS

crib death (noun)

American the sudden death of a baby while it is sleeping

dandle (verb)

old-fashioned to move a baby or young child up and down gently on your knee or in your arms

diaper rash (noun)

American spots or a sore area on a baby’s bottom

feed (verb)

if a baby feeds, or if you feed it, the baby drinks milk

feed (noun)

British a baby’s feeding

feeding (noun)

American an occasion when you give milk to a baby

formula (noun)

a type of liquid for babies that is made to be similar to a mother’s milk

lactate (verb)

if a woman or female animal lactates, she produces milk in her breasts in order to feed her baby

maternity/paternity/parental leave ()

a period of time away from a job because you or your partner has just had a baby

motherese (noun)

the special sounds and words that people use when talking to babies

neonatal (adjective)

relating to the first weeks of a baby’s life

nurse (verb)

if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it by letting the baby suck milk from her breasts

nurse (verb)

if a baby nurses, it sucks milk from a woman’s breast

paternity leave (noun)

a period of time when a father is allowed to be away from work after the birth of his child

postnatal (adjective)

referring to the period of time after the birth of a baby

put down ()

to put a baby in a bed so that it can go to sleep

suckle (verb)

old-fashioned to feed a baby or young animal with milk from a breast or udder

suckle (verb)

old-fashioned if a baby or young animal suckles, it sucks milk from a breast or udder

swaddle (verb)

old-fashioned to wrap a baby very tightly in cloth

wean (verb)

to make a baby stop taking its mother’s milk and start to eat solid food

wet nurse (noun)

a woman who is paid to feed another woman’s baby with her own breast milk

wet-nurse (verb)

to be a child’s wet nurse

wind (verb)

British to burp a baby