Plot Synopsis

From nature to nurture, this one-hour docuseries explores the groundbreaking science that reveals how infants discover life during their very first year. The series opens by focusing on the biology of baby bonding, revealing how caregiving, social interaction and stress can physically change both parent and newborn. Proving babies truly are what they eat, researchers discuss how breast milk, iron and microbes can enrich, nourish and protect offspring. Each of the six episodes highlights a different baby milestone, including birth, first food, crawling, first words, sleep, and first steps. On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released the first six episodes of BABIES.
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BABIES returned with six additional episodes on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released all installments of Part 2 of the series. As babies make sense of a brand-new world, breakthrough research details how they are already equipped to handle the complexities of human life.