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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “child of breast”. Compare Galician neno de peito.
Noun
niño de pecho m (plural niños de pecho, feminine niña de pecho, feminine plural niñas de pecho)
- babe in arms, infant
1900, Galtier-Boissiere, “Funcionamiento de los Órganos en el Niño de Pecho”, in chapter 1, in Crianza del niño de pecho, page 10:El aparato digestivo del niño de pecho es incompleto; los dientes no existen todavia; la secreción salival es, al principio, débil, aumentando después poco á poco, hasta llegar á hacerse sobreabundante en el periodo de la dentición.- The digestive system of the babe in arms is incomplete; the teeth do not exist yet; salivary secretion is, at first, weak, then gradually increasing, until it becomes overabundant in the teething period.
1909, Manila Medical Society, “Etiologia del Beriberi en Los Niños de Pecho”, in Bulletin - Manila Medical Society, page 244:Pero la leche de la madre beribérica no siempre ocasiona, de modo fatal, el beriberi en el niño de pecho á quien lacta; puede éste en ocasiones, impunemente, sin detrimento de su salud, continuar al pecho de su madre.- But the milk of the beriberian mother does not always, in a fatal way, cause beriberi in the babe in arms who suckled; it can in occasions, with impunity, without detriment to its health, continue to breastfeed its mother.
1921, Mexico Dept. of Public Health, “El Destete”, in Memoria de la Semana del Niño, page 215:La capacidad del estómago del niño de pecho es muy pequeña, pues según Fleischmann, sería de 46 c.c. en la primera semana; de 80 c.c. al mes; de 140 c.c. a los dos meses, y de 400 c.c. a los doce meses.- The capacity of the stomach of the babe in arms is very small, since according to Fleischmann, it would be of 46 c.c. in the first week; of 80 c.c. in a month, of 140 c.c. at two months, and of 400 c.c. at twelve months.
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