All About Your Baby in Spanish

While we may never know the true beginning of life, we know that living a fulfilling life requires joyful experiences, especially with family. One such experience that fills our hearts with joy is awaiting the arrival of a new baby! If you’re a parent-to-be, this post about your baby in Spanish will prepare you to talk about your exciting experience in another language.

As you watch your little one grow, use this vocabulary guide to talk about their health, clothing and more! Learn various ways to say “baby” in Spanish, including its derivatives, as well as other baby-related stuff.

Let’s get started!

Is it a Boy or a Girl?

Like many nouns in Spanish, the word “baby” undergoes some changes depending on gender and number.

Are you having a little girl? Then, you’d say:

Vamos a tener una bebé.
We’re going to have a baby girl.

Whereas if you’re expecting a little boy, you’d say:

Estamos esperando un bebé.
We’re expecting a baby boy.

Synonyms for “Boy” and “Girl”

In Spanish, plenty of synonyms exist to refer to babies, and most are full of loving affection. Some of the most popular words are in the following table:

Spanish	English
el nene / la nena	baby
el pequeño / la pequeña	little one
el niño / la niña	boy / girl
el chico / la chica	boy / girl
el chiquillo / la chiquilla	kid, youngster
el hijo / la hija	son / daughter

Example Sentences

El doctor dice que tendré una hija.
The doctor says I will have a daughter.

Tendremos un hermoso hijo.
We will have a beautiful son.

El nene se parece a su papá.
The little baby looks like his dad.

Spanish Diminutives for Cuteness

There’s no denying that babies are cute! When you boast about your baby in Spanish, you’ll want to use diminutives, which are suffixes that denote to a smaller size and are often used to express love or affection.

 For example, you can call your baby baby un bebecito or your baby girl una bebecita.

Example Sentences

Mira este vestido que compré para mi bebecita.
Look at this dress I bought for my little baby.

El bebecito se ve muy tierno bebiendo su biberón.
The baby looks very cute drinking her bottle.

Tus hijitas se ven muy hermosas.
Your little girls look very beautiful.

Decorating Baby’s Room

When awaiting the arrival of a new family member, we think and plan what the room will be like, and how to decorate it. And we make plans for what to place in the room to make it look beautiful—things like la cuna (the crib), los biberones (the bottles), la estantería (the shelf) to place los peluches (the plush toys), and more.

Spanish	English
el babero	bib
el biberón	bottle
el escarpín	bootie
el mueble	furniture
el guardarropa	wardrobe
el pañal	diaper
el peluche	plush toy
la cuna	crib
la estantería	shelf
la sonaja	rattle

Example Sentences

El estante de nuestro hijo tendrá muchos peluches.
Our son’s shelf will have lots of plush toys.

Los baberos y los biberones estarán en el mismo mueble al lado del guardarropa.
The bibs and bottles will be in the same cabinet next to the wardrobe.

Nuestra hija se verá muy tierna durmiendo en esa cuna.
Our daughter will look very cute sleeping in that crib.

How to Talk About Feeding Your Baby in Spanish

There are a variety of foods that we can give to babies throughout their growth, especially in the first year, since they need a high amount of los nutrientes (the nutrients) such as las proteínas (proteins), las grasas (fats), las vitaminas (vitamins) and los minerales (minerals). 

Let’s take a look at what babies eat for the first year of their lives and learn Spanish vocabulary along the way!

0-3 Meses

Spanish	English
la leche	milk
la leche de fórmula	formula
la leche materna	breastmilk
la lactancia	breastfeeding

4-6 Meses

Spanish	English
los cereales	cereals
la fruta	fruit
los vegetales	vegetables
la carne	meat
la compota	compote
la papilla	porridge
el puré	pure
la sopa	soup
los jugos	juices
los batidos	smoothes

7-12 Meses

Spanish	English
el arroz	rice
el pan	bread
el pescado	fish
el queso magro	lean cheese
la carne molida	ground meat
la carne picada	chopped meat
la carne tierna	tender meat
la pasta	pasta
las galletas	cookies
las papas	potatoes
los cereales enteros	whole cereals
los huevos	eggs
los productos lácteos	dairy products
los carbohidratos	carbohydrates

After the first year, your baby can eat all kinds of food in adequate portions and balanced nutrients so that he grows healthy.

For a comprehensive list of vegetables and fruit names in Spanish, check out our Ridiculously Long List of Vegetables and Fruits in Spanish.

Example Sentences

Mi bebé tomará leche de fórmula durante los primeros meses.
My baby will drink formula for the first few months.

Nuestro bebé se verá muy tierno comiendo papilla.
Our baby will look very cute eating the porridge.

La madre alimentará a su hijo con leche materna.
The mother will feed her child with breast milk.

El bebé come carne picada con arroz y puré de verduras.
The baby eats chopped meat with rice and pureed vegetables.

Spanish Vocabulary at the Hospital

If you plan to give birth at a hospital or do regular check-ups with a doctor, you’ll want to know the following vocabulary words:

Spanish Nouns	English Nouns
el crecimiento	growth
el desarrollo	development
el embarazo	pregnancy
el ginecólogo	gynecologist
el nacimiento	birth
el parto	labor
el pediatra	pediatrician
el periodo de gestación	gestation period
el preescolar	preschool
el ultrasonido	ultrasound
la cesárea	cesarean section
la comadrona	midwife
la preprimaria	kindergarten
la salud	health
las vacunas	vaccines
controlar	to control
crecer	to grow
dar a luz	to give birth
nacer	to born
preparar	to prepare
programar	to program
vacunar	to vaccinate

Example Sentences

La madre dará a luz por medio de cesárea.
The mother will give birth by caesarean section.

Llevaremos a nuestro hijo con el pediatra este jueves.
We will take our child to the pediatrician this Thursday.

Una comadrona asistió el parto en casa de la madre.
A midwife attended the labor at the mother’s home.

Developmental Stages of Childhood in Spanish

The stages of development mark important moments and milestones in our children’s lives. Here are the most common developmental stages that children pass through and the vocabulary we use in Spanish to refer to them.

Spanish	English
las etapas de vida	stages of life
la familia	family
la infancia	childhood
el recién nacido	newborn
el infante	infant
el niño pequeño	toddler
el niño de preescolar	preschooler
el niño de primaria	school-age child
el adolescente	teenager
el muchacho / la muchacha	young boy / young girl

Practice Speaking Spanish

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