Definition of Infant
a young child, typically a baby that is not yet considered a toddler
Examples of Infant in a sentence
A human baby is considered an infant until it is about one year old, when it typically starts learning to walk and speak to some extent. 🔊
During their early years, an infant is supposed to receive most of its nutrition by breast feeding from its mother. 🔊
An infant will choose to cry when it is hungry, tired, or in hurting, since it lacks any other means of communication. 🔊
Many parents have trouble caring for an infant for the first time, since they often wake up crying in the middle of the night. 🔊
Because an infant cannot walk or talk, it is very taxing to take care of the young child, which is completely dependent on its parents. 🔊
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