These riddles are made for baby showers, family game nights and anyone expecting a little one. They cover everything from strollers and lullabies to the fascinating facts about how newborns grow.
Every riddle has a different answer, and the brain teaser section includes classic family puzzles that are fun to read aloud to a group of guests.
Baby Shower Riddles
- I am tiny, I cry and I need my diaper changed. What am I? 👉 A baby
- I am the date the doctor expects the baby to arrive. What am I? 👉 The due date
- I am a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and delivering babies. Who am I? 👉 An obstetrician
- I am a trained helper who supports mothers during pregnancy and birth. Who am I? 👉 A midwife
- I use sound waves to show a picture of the baby before it is born. What am I? 👉 An ultrasound
- I am a little bed with bars where a baby sleeps safely. What am I? 👉 A crib
- I have wheels, and parents push the baby around in me. What am I? 👉 A stroller
- Babies suck on me to feel calm. What am I? 👉 A pacifier
- I am a party where friends bring gifts for a baby who has not arrived yet. What am I? 👉 A baby shower
- I am a soft, gentle song that helps a baby fall asleep. What am I? 👉 A lullaby
- I am a baby’s waterproof underwear. What am I? 👉 A diaper
- I am two babies born at the same time. What am I? 👉 Twins
- I am three babies born at the same time. What am I? 👉 Triplets
Pregnancy and Newborn Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real medical facts. The note after each answer explains it.
- A full-term pregnancy lasts about this many weeks. How many? 👉 40
- I connect the baby to the mother before birth and carry food and oxygen. What am I? 👉 The umbilical cord
- I am the soft spots on a newborn baby’s head. What am I? 👉 Fontanelles (they close as the skull bones grow together)
- A newborn has about this many bones, more than an adult’s 206. How many? 👉 About 300 (many of them fuse together as the child grows)
- A newborn sees most clearly at about this distance, roughly the distance to a parent’s face while feeding. How far? 👉 About 20 to 30 cm
- Babies are born without hard versions of these in their knees. What are they? 👉 Kneecaps
- I am the quick health score a newborn gets at one and five minutes after birth. What am I? 👉 The Apgar score
- Home pregnancy tests look for this hormone. What is it? 👉 hCG
Family Brain Teasers
- A mother has 3 daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many children does she have? 👉 4
- Twins were born in different years. How is this possible? 👉 One was born just before midnight on December 31 and the other just after
- Two mothers and two daughters went shopping, but only three people went. How? 👉 They were a grandmother, a mother and a daughter
- A woman had two boys on the same day of the same year with the same parents, but they are not twins. How? 👉 They are two of a set of triplets
- A baby sleeps 16 hours a day. How many hours is the baby awake in a week? 👉 56
- A baby drinks 120 ml of milk every 3 hours. How much does the baby drink in 24 hours? 👉 960 ml
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