Uyini umehluko phakathi kwezingane, usana olusana, umntwana omncane nezingane?

Ngokujwayelekile, igama elithi "baby" lingase lisetshenziswe ukubhekisela kunoma yimuphi ingane kusukela ekuzalweni kuya eminyakeni engu-4.

Izingane ezisanda kuzalwa zibhekisela ezinganeni kusukela ekuzalweni kuya ezinyangeni ezimbili ubudala. Izinsana zingabantwana kusukela ezinyangeni ezimbili kuya komunye unyaka ubudala. Izinsana zingabantwana kusukela ngonyaka owodwa kuya eminyakeni emine ubudala. Abanye bangase babe nezincazelo ezahlukene zalemigomo. Isibonelo, abanye abantu bangase bacabange ukuthi izinsana ziba nezinyanga ezingu-18 kuya eminyakeni engu-3 ubudala, kanti oneminyaka engu-4 ubudala angase abhekwe njengomuntu osemncane.

Isichazamazwi se-Merriam-Webster sisho nje ukuthi usana olusanda kuzalwa lungumntwana osanda kuzalwa futhi akafaki umkhawulo ongaphezulu kule nkulumo. Lesi sichazamazwi sichaza nosana njengengane esiteji sokuqala sokuphila kodwa asinikezi ubudala. I-World Health Organization (WHO) ichaza usana olusanda kuzalwa, noma oluhle, njengengane engaphansi kwezinsuku ezingu-28 ubudala.

Njengoba igama lisho, ingane encane ichazwa ngokwezigaba njengengane efunda ukuhamba noma umuntu ohamba phambili. Lokhu kuvame ukuzungeze unyaka oneminyaka yobudala. Ayikho incazelo esemthethweni yomkhawulo ongaphezulu wezingane ezincane. Kodwa-ke, iningi labantu lithatha ukuphela kwenkathi encane ukuba ibe yilapho ingane ikulungele ukushintshela esikoleni samaschool.

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