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# Baby

## Verb + baby

* be expecting a baby
* have a baby
* look after a baby
* feed a baby
* hold a baby
* wake a baby
* call the baby (John, Julia)

## Common expressions

* a baby is born
* a baby sleeps
* a baby cries
* a baby plays with (toys)
* the baby weighs (3) kilos
* **their baby is due (in August)**

## Exercise

### Verb + baby

1. Did you hear that Janet ***had*** a baby girl early this morning.
2. We’re ***expecting*** our first baby in August.
3. After the birth, Moira went back to work and her husband stayed at home to ***look*** after the baby.
4. When I ***held*** my tiny baby in my arms for the first time, I was so happy.
5. I went into the room very quietly, so as not to ***wake*** the baby.
6. We're thinking of ***calling*** the baby Unda after her grandmother.
7. I have to ***feed*** the baby every three or four hours. No wonder I'm so tired.

### Common expressions

1. I didn't get any sleep last night. The baby wouldn't stop ***crying***.
2. The baby only ***weighed*** about 2 kilos at birth. He was born a month *premature*.
3. The baby was lying in her *pram* **playing** \*\*with a rattle.
4. When's the baby ***due***? I heard it was January.
5. I don't really want to know *the sex of my baby* before it's ***born***.
6. Try not to make too much noise. The baby's ***sleeping***.