A nurse is teaching an expectant parent about the differences between the skeletal system of an adult compared to that of a child. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in their teaching?

The plates of the skull of a newborn fuse just prior to birth.

Growth plates function to fuse bones together in adolescents.

Adults have 300 bones, but newborns have only 206 bones.

As infants reach 1 or 2 years of age, they have fewer bones than they did at birth.