A prole do bebê—spelled A próle do bébé in the scores, which were published before the 1943 orthography reform—(The Baby's Family) is a collection of character pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos for piano.
It was composed in three volumes.
The Third Series was composed in 1916, but it was not published and the manuscript has been lost.
[1] According to another source, although the unpublished manuscript has not been located, Series 3 was composed in 1926 and, like Series 2, is dedicated to Aline van Barentzen, whereas Series 1 is dedicated to the composer's wife, Lucilia Villa-Lobos.
[2] According to yet another, contemporary source, the third series was "en préparation" as of 1929 and would be titled Sportsman.