Lets say a baby is found, but there is no record of the child's real birth parents.

 

How do people figure out the age of the infant? Is just based off how tall they are, how much they weigh, and their progress (such as, being able to hold their own bottle, crawling, walking, talking, standing, etc.)?

 

But then what about their birthday? Do those babies receive a new birthday, or is there an actual science to it?

 

I know this question sounds stupid, but I seriously want to know!! What do they do!?

I'm assuming they do what you stated in figuring out their age and just kind of approximate their birth date?

I actually have no idea, that's a good question.

I seriously have no idea.

That would suck not knowing your birthday D:

I don't know if this is what they do, but when my sister first found out she was pregnant, they used the circumference of the head to determine how old he was. They probably can't get an exact date but I'm sure they pick a day that's close. It's not like they'll be able to do much better without knowing who the family is.

good question. they probably do milestones (to see if the baby can talk, walk, crawl etc.) and idk if they would use things like weight because what if they baby in malnourished?

 

I don't know if this is what they do, but when my sister first found out she was pregnant, they used the circumference of the head to determine how old he was. They probably can't get an exact date but I'm sure they pick a day that's close. It's not like they'll be able to do much better without knowing who the family is.

 

how did they get the circumference of the baby's head if your sister was still pregnant??

good question. they probably do milestones (to see if the baby can talk, walk, crawl etc.) and idk if they would use things like weight because what if they baby in malnourished?

 

 

how did they get the circumference of the baby's head if your sister was still pregnant??

 

They do a test.

 

Not sure how it's named though.

They do a test.

 

Not sure how it's named though.

 

Sonogram and yes they can measure using this

lol ok i got confused moving on

 

They do a test.

 

Not sure how it's named though.

 

Sonogram and yes they can measure using this

 

ohhhh god I'm a freaking genius

I figure that a doctor could apporximate the age through some sort of invasive procedure.

They cut them in half and count the rings...

They cut them in half and count the rings...

 

Highly trained forensic anthropologists can tell the age of a skeleton simply looking at their bones. Maybe there's a similar process or they do the same thing by taking X-Rays.

They ask the big guy upstairs

They ask the big guy upstairs

 

Mr,T