BABIES
(See also Abortion; Adoption; Birth Control; Breastfeeding; Childbearing; Childbirth; Embryo; Fetus; Pregnancy; Premature Babies; Weaning)
abandoned: g 1/07 15; w98 12/1 32; g96 7/22 29
crack babies: g90 7/22 7
in hospitals: g92 7/22 29
on doorsteps: g92 4/22 29
accidents:
swallowing poisons: g94 10/8 28
addicted to—
caffeine: g89 4/22 29
drugs: g88 12/8 9
AIDS:
blood transfusions: g90 2/22 31; g90 6/22 31; w87 6/15 21; g86 5/8 18-20
born with: g96 2/22 28; g88 5/22 29; g88 10/8 5-6; g88 12/8 9
born with antibodies for: g88 5/22 29
born with HIV infection: g00 7/8 29
donated breast milk: g87 10/8 29
artificial limbs: g 2/06 22-23
attention needed: g87 12/8 7-8
attitude toward, when unplanned: w88 3/1 26
baby strollers: g95 12/8 20-21
baptism: ijwbq articles 110, 167; ijwfq article 60; it-1 251; w11 10/1 11; g 9/07 14; w06 7/1 26; w89 1/15 13; w89 7/15 31; rs 55; w88 3/15 14; w86 3/15 3-7; g86 10/8 26-27
church attitude toward unbaptized babies who die: w10 6/1 4-5
Church of England: w89 6/15 28
clergymen reject: w89 6/15 28; w87 4/15 21; g87 12/22 29
parents who don’t attend church: w89 6/15 28
within the womb: g86 10/8 26
benefits of—
being with mother right after birth: g03 12/22 4-5
massage: g 7/06 22; g93 1/8 29
mother’s voice: g 12/15 14
play: g88 9/22 31
reading to: g05 1/22 28; g04 10/22 31; w96 7/15 31; g87 5/22 9-10
talking to: g03 12/22 5; g99 5/22 28-29; w98 4/15 32; g98 3/8 28; g98 5/22 29
touch: g98 10/8 29
Bible times:
birthstools: it-1 318
boys preferred: it-1 434; it-2 993-994
care after birth: it-1 318, 434; w89 11/15 24-25
naming: it-1 318, 434; it-2 465-466
weaning: it-2 1174-1175
bilirubin level: g94 12/8 26
birth defects:
from pesticide: g93 9/22 29
why permitted by God: rs 397-398
blood transfusions: g93 11/22 26
AIDS danger: g90 2/22 31; g90 6/22 31; w87 6/15 21; g86 5/8 18-20
hemoglobin level: hb 14
recoveries without: yb91 37; g90 2/22 31; g90 12/8 28; g89 10/22 11-15
surgery without: g 6/11 14-15; g00 9/8 31; hb 16; rs 74; g86 4/8 18-21
bonding with: wp18.3 4; g03 12/22 4-6; fy 54; g92 9/22 6-7; g91 9/22 5-6, 9-11; g88 8/22 30; g87 5/22 7-8
during pregnancy: g87 8/8 8; g86 1/22 29
example of cat: g96 9/22 24-25
brain:
development after birth: w13 8/15 16; g04 10/22 5-6; g87 5/22 3-4, 7; g87 11/22 27; w86 4/1 17; g86 9/22 4
development in womb: g87 5/22 3; w86 4/1 17; g86 2/22 6
effect of lack of physical affection: g86 9/22 4-5
caring for: g03 12/22 3-11
“kangaroo care”: g05 12/22 29
carrying on back (Africa): g95 12/8 21
circumcision:
benefits: g89 6/22 28
value of performing on eighth day: wp18.1 7; it-1 469-470
computers: g96 6/22 28
crying: g 3/14 13; g03 12/22 6-7; g02 2/8 28
calmed by womb sounds: g88 3/8 29
cries distinctive: g87 5/22 30
cries reflect language of parents: g 9/10 29
from colic: g04 5/8 19
how to view: g90 1/22 16
not ignoring: g92 5/22 30; g91 9/22 6
custom of sending newborns to relatives in homeland: w16.11 17-18; w13 9/15 23-24
dancing instinct: g 5/11 29
danger of—
carrot sticks: g03 7/8 30
hot dogs (food): g02 11/22 30
iron pills: g95 8/8 28
lead in jewelry: g01 8/22 28
redecorating home: g03 10/22 28-29
shaking a baby: g04 5/8 19; g03 10/8 29; g02 2/8 28
day-care centers: g03 12/22 7; g87 5/22 10-11; g87 12/8 7-8
effect of separation from parents: g88 9/8 30
death:
Afghanistan: g90 6/22 29
Africa: g90 6/22 29
after typhoons: g 5/15 3
Brazil: g90 6/22 29
developing nations: w88 12/15 10
from air pollution: g93 4/8 29
from diarrhea: w88 10/1 6; g88 9/22 7
from disease: g88 9/22 7
from lack of affection: g86 9/22 3-4
from malnutrition: g88 9/22 5-6
from respiratory illnesses: g92 5/22 28
how parents can cope: g89 2/22 11; g88 1/22 10-12
how parents feel: g 10/09 25
how to help parents: g89 2/22 11
how to prevent: g05 12/22 29; g02 6/8 28, 31
Japan: g90 6/22 29; g90 11/22 28
murder: g90 10/8 28; g89 7/22 29
SIDS (crib death): we 12; g03 5/8 28; g99 3/22 31; g99 11/22 30; g97 1/22 29; g95 9/8 30; g95 12/22 28; g94 7/22 29; g92 2/8 28; g91 11/22 29; g90 7/22 27; g88 1/22 2-12; g88 7/22 28; g87 2/22 30; g87 8/8 9
Soviet Union: w88 12/15 10
United States: g90 11/22 28; w88 12/15 10
view that God took baby: g91 2/8 18-19; rs 99
where babies go: w88 9/15 4-5, 7
worldwide: g 8/14 7; g 11/09 28; g90 6/22 29
dehydration from diarrhea, vomiting:
Oral Rehydration Therapy: g95 4/8 10-11; g90 1/22 30; g88 9/22 7
Down syndrome:
cosmetic surgery: g86 2/8 13
first-person accounts: w18.06 29; w10 4/15 16-19; g95 12/8 11-13; g89 8/8 17-20; g86 2/8 10-13; g86 6/22 28; g86 8/8 28
effect of—
alcohol abuse by mother: g88 11/8 29
baby walkers: g00 5/22 28
bright light in hospital nurseries: g86 1/8 30
drug abuse by mother: g90 7/22 6-7; g88 12/8 9, 29
drug abuse by parents: g88 12/8 9
excessive caffeine intake by mother: g89 4/22 29
first few days: g94 3/8 28
lack of physical affection: g86 9/22 3-5
parental unresponsiveness: g03 12/22 6
separation from parents: g88 9/8 30
smoking by mother: g96 10/22 22-23; g90 1/8 25; g90 7/22 27; g89 2/22 9-10; g89 7/8 4-5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
smoking by parents: g86 7/22 14
TV: g00 4/8 28
effect on parents’ relationship: w19.12 23; w17.06 5; hf 18-21; w11 5/1 11-14; w08 4/15 18; g99 2/22 29
experiences:
abandoned baby adopted by Witness: w09 9/1 6-7
abandoned baby kept alive by German shepherd: g87 1/22 30
acute lymphoblastic leukemia: w01 4/15 14-16
baby daughter dies: w08 7/15 10; w03 2/15 5-6; w03 8/1 32
born in prison: yb02 167-169
first-person account “Doctors Tried to Take Our Daughter Away”: g89 10/22 11-15
first-person account “Maggy’s Ordeal and My Blessing”: g96 12/22 26-27
passed through airport X-ray device: g88 7/22 30
preemie calmed by “Sing Praises to Jehovah” cassettes: w88 1/15 32
preemie spared from AIDS by parental refusal of blood transfusion: g90 2/22 31
preemie who would be severely disabled: fy 126
reading to baby: g 1/08 32
seeks Witnesses after baby dies: w01 4/1 18-19
ulcerative colitis: g04 5/8 22-23
woman bears 32nd: g88 2/22 29-30
feeding: g92 12/8 6; g88 9/22 6
after weaning: g88 9/22 6
AIDS dilemma: g00 1/8 20-21; g98 1/22 28
bottle-feeding: g95 4/8 6; g93 5/22 28; g88 2/8 6-7; g88 9/22 5-6
breastfeeding: it-2 443; g 10/15 16; g03 3/22 29; g03 12/22 28; g01 7/8 28; g00 9/22 29; g99 3/22 28; g98 4/8 11; g98 5/8 28; g97 9/22 11; g95 4/8 6; g94 8/22 10-13; g90 7/8 28; g90 9/8 28; g90 11/22 2; g89 1/22 28; g88 2/8 6; g88 8/22 14; g88 9/22 5-6; g88 11/8 27; g87 6/22 30; g87 10/8 29; g87 10/22 29; g86 3/22 20; g86 8/8 27
danger of honey during first year: g99 3/8 29
danger of warming milk by microwave: g88 1/8 30
donated breast milk: g87 10/8 29
effect of alcohol on breast milk: g05 10/8 9
formulas: g88 9/22 6
formulas and foods with aluminum: g87 7/22 29; g86 5/8 30
overfed babies become fat adults: g87 6/22 30
vegetables: g01 1/8 15
weaning and after: it-2 1174-1175; g88 9/22 6
girls unwanted: g97 1/8 31
Asia: g96 7/22 28
India: g 2/09 30; g92 7/8 6, 9, 29
high-chair dangers: g86 8/22 30
inoculations: g88 9/22 7
intelligence: g99 12/8 28; g90 8/22 28; w88 8/1 13; g87 5/22 4-6
benefit of breast-feeding: g03 12/22 28
link with parental speech: g99 5/22 28-29; w98 4/15 32; g98 3/8 28
measuring IQ: g86 7/22 30
social sense: g 11/08 30
Internet profiles and email: g 11/11 29
jaundice:
first-person account: g89 10/22 11-15
phototherapy: yb91 37; g89 10/22 13-14
language development: w20.05 23; g 10/11 4-5; w08 5/1 5; g87 5/22 4, 9; g87 11/22 26-27
avoiding baby talk: g97 4/8 28
babies of deaf parents: g02 6/8 28
benefits of exaggerated parental speech: g98 5/22 29
learning ability: g 10/11 4-5; g90 8/22 28; w88 8/1 13; g87 5/22 3-11
leukemia:
link with mother’s drinking: g97 1/8 29
love needed: w08 5/1 8; g03 12/22 5-6; g98 10/8 29; g91 9/22 5-6, 9-11; g89 2/22 8-9; g88 8/22 30; g87 5/22 7, 10; g86 9/22 3-5
meetings: km 5/00 7
musical sense: g05 6/22 28
pain sensitivity: g99 3/8 28
playing with: g04 10/22 7
preparing for: g03 12/22 8-9
Rh factor and disease: g94 12/8 23-27
schools for babies:
Japan: g86 11/8 30
selecting sex of: g97 4/8 28
self-centeredness:
toddlers: g90 6/8 17
sleeping:
benefits of afternoon sunlight: g05 10/22 29
safest position: g99 3/22 31; g99 11/22 30
sold: g89 3/22 29
spiritual:
“babes as to badness” (1Co 14:20): w07 2/1 11; w93 7/15 20
“no longer be babes, tossed” (Eph 4:14): w92 8/1 10
“traits of a babe” (1Co 13:11): w92 8/1 9-11
stillborn:
coping with: we 10; g87 8/8 8-9
stork legend: g90 1/8 16
surgery:
heart: g88 7/8 29
heart, without blood: g 6/11 14-15; g00 9/8 31; hb 16; rs 74; g86 4/8 18-21
teaching babies: hf 21
teeth:
preventing decay: g00 11/22 31
thyroid test: g 5/09 28
unborn:
brain: g 9/08 4; g92 1/22 14-16; g87 5/22 3; w86 4/1 17; g86 2/22 6
capabilities: g88 4/8 26; g86 11/22 12
danger of ultrasound portraits: g04 10/8 29
danger of X-rays during early pregnancy: g88 3/8 30
development: wp19.1 7; w07 6/15 21-23; g95 10/22 6-7; w92 8/1 3; g92 1/22 14-17; g92 4/8 13-15; w86 7/15 3-4; g86 11/22 12
“Diary of an Unborn Child”: g 2/10 11
effect of father’s health: g93 7/22 28
effect of mother’s drinking: g 8/09 30; g05 10/8 8-9; g97 1/8 29; g97 7/22 25; g88 11/8 29
effect of mother’s drug abuse: g90 7/22 6-7; g89 10/22 29; g88 12/8 9, 29
effect of mother’s smoking: g90 1/8 25; rs 111; g89 2/22 9-10; g89 7/8 5; g88 8/22 14; g87 6/22 17; g86 7/22 14; g86 9/8 11
effect of mother’s stress: g 1/08 30; g99 11/22 29; g93 7/22 8
effect of music: g05 6/22 28; g92 1/22 15; g89 10/22 31; g87 8/8 30
effect of noise: g95 7/22 29
effect of reading to: w96 7/15 31
effect of what is heard: w94 5/15 11
effect of what mother listens to: g89 10/22 31
exposure to cocaine: g92 2/22 28
feelings: w88 8/1 13; g87 12/8 30
growth control: w87 5/15 3
immune system: g90 11/22 2
learning ability: g92 1/22 14-17
living entity: g90 10/8 26-27; g88 4/8 26; g87 4/8 6, 14; w86 4/15 21; g86 11/8 9; g86 11/22 12
parents talking to: g94 3/8 28
response to playful contact: g86 1/22 29
resurrection hope: w09 4/15 12-13; w09 8/15 23
sounds possibly heard: g89 6/22 28
when viable: g87 4/8 8-9
uncombable hair syndrome: g88 4/22 29
unregistered: g03 2/22 28; g98 12/22 29
weight-progress chart: g88 9/22 7
whether to have: w19.12 22-24; jr 94-95; w88 3/1 18-27