He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years.
Alas for those torn from the mother s bosom, barely past infancy!
Deaths from childbirth were common in women, and many children did not live past infancy.
He took beatings, sucked his thumb long past infancy and failed his driver's license exam six times.
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was his parents' 23d child but the only one to live past infancy.
Actually there were ten, but three did not survive past infancy.
Over the next thirteen years, Bush went through childbirth six times, with four children living past infancy.
He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy.
The couple had 13 children during 1807-1833, with 10 living past infancy.
The couple produced two sons and a daughter, Friederica Sophia (born in 1757), who was the only one of their offspring to live past infancy.