crack baby

English

Etymology

From crack (“cocaine (slang)”) + baby

Noun

crack baby (plural crack babies)

1. (derogatory) A child born to a mother who uses cocaine, especially crack cocaine or any child with substance abuse related birth defects

   1995 Mother Jones Magazine

   Developmental psychologist Claire Coles, who is also a clinician, has seen "crack babies" who were in fact colicky babies.