a cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in. the word cradlecomes to us from the old english word cradol, which meant "little bed or cot." and while it is important to cradle a baby's head when you pick them up out of theircradle, this word isn't all baby talk.

a cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in. the word cradlecomes to us from the old english word cradol, which meant "little bed or cot." and while it is important to cradle a baby's head when you pick them up out of theircradle, this word isn't all baby talk.