FACTS ABOUT BABIES
Added on: 14th Oct 2015
TO START OFF WITH A BANG, EVERY THREE SECONDS
A BABY IS BORN ON EARTH
BABIES LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUND AND SMELL
OF THEIR MOTHER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. RECOGNIZING
HER VISUALLY TAKES A FEW WEEKS LONGER.
80% OF INFANTS ARE BORN WITH A BIRTHMARK
THEY ALSO HAVE 300 BONES. WHILE GROWING BONES
FUSE TOGETHER AND AS AN ADULT THEY WILL
ONLY HAVE 206
BABIES CAN'T ACTUALLY CRY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
PRODUCE TEARS. FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS
THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST SCREAMING
SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT SHAKING YOUR
HEAD TO MEAN "NO" COMES FROM THE FACT THAT
BABIES TURN THEIR HEADS AWAY FROM FOOD
WHEN THEY ARE FULL
NEWBORN BABIES DO NOT HAVE KNEECAPS.
THESE TAKE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO DEVELOP
BABIES ACTUALLY GROW MOUSTACHES WHILE IN
THE WOMB. THE MOUSTACHE GROWS UNTIL IT
COVERS THE ENTIRE BABY'S BODY.
THIS HAIRY COAT IS CALLED LANUGO AND IS
SHED SHORTLY BEFORE BIRTH
DURING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF LIFE,
BABIES DOUBLE IN WEIGHT
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