BABY FACTS

LINA MEDINA, A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM PERU,

IS THE YOUNGEST CONFIRMED PERSON

TO EVER GIVE BIRTH

THE BEST CHANCE A BABY HAS OF SURVIVING IS

WHEN ITS MOTHER IS 22 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS KNOWN AS THE "AGE OF FECUNDITY".

EVERY BABY IS BORN WITH NATURAL SWIMMING ABILITIES.

THIS QUICKLY DISAPPEARS THOUGH.

BABIES PREFER THE RHYTHM AND CADENCE OF THEIR

MOTHER'S NATIVE TONGUE AT BIRTH. THIS SUGGESTS

THAT LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTUALLY BEGINS

BEFORE BIRTH!

IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD FEMALE INFANTICIDE

(KILLING OR ABANDONING BABY GIRLS) IS A MAJOR

PROBLEM. BY SOME ESTIMATES ALMOST 30 MILLION

GIRLS ARE "MISSING" FROM CHINA

EVERY HOUR A BABY DIES IN THE US BECAUSE OF SIDS

(SUDDEN INFANTILE DEATH SYNDROME)

NEW BORN BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO TURN

THEIR HEAD TO THE RIGHT THAN TO THE LEFT

A RUSSIAN PEASANT WOMEN HAD 69 CHILDREN

BETWEEN 1725 AND 1765. THIS IS THE MOST

EVER RECORDED.