Babies Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Love

Episode 2

First Food

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

Which are the important nutrients and how does the baby ingest them? How does mothers milk differ from cow milk? How do tiny metals affect future growth? Do animals protect babies from disease? Katie Hinde, Michael Gergieff and Susan Lynch experimented to find out.

Episode 3

Crawling

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

When babies are born, they are slaves to gravity. Where they are put is where they stay. This segment of the Netflix documentary follows the infant as he/she learns to crawl. Also asked is could crawling be something more than only preparation for walking?

Episode 4

First Words

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

Something magical happens at the end of the first year, babies move toward the use of language. Babies hear language before being able to use it. Language allows us to transmit knowledge between generations which makes civilization possible. But how does the baby learn language? Segment #4 answers that question.

Episode 5

Sleep

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

Baby sleep time is really important. That's why the baby spends a lot of time sleeping. We know the baby needs an incredible amount of sleep daily but why does sleep make the baby develop? Sleep science is just beginning to answer why.

Episode 6

First Steps

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

The Netflix documentary series begins as voices are heard during childbirth. Doctor Ruth Feldman, Doctor Ed Tronick, and Anne Rifkin-Graboi, designed experiments to find out how babies and parents develop the love relationship.