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investor. So would the prospect of more than 20 years of anxiety and irritation. But having a baby remains, for most people, an act of faith. It represents a belief in better things to come, not just for themselves but for the world. That is a faith shared by the myriad baby researchers. Says Rutgers' Lewis: "Can we produce a better society with healthier children? The answer is yes." And in the very moment of birth, as a tiny, dark, wet head thrusts out into the world, every baby fulfills that belief. Then comes the first squall.
—By Otto Friedrich.
Reported by Ruth Mehrtens Calvin/Boston and Melissa Ludtke/New York, with other bureaus
* The very word infant derives from the Latin in fans, meaning incapable of speech.
* Named for German Pediatrician Ernst Moro (1874-1951).
