DETAILS ABOUT BABIES

ACCORDING TO A U.S. GOVERNMENT REPORT,

THE UNITED STATES HAS THE WORST INFANT MORTALITY

RATE OF ANY DEVELOPED COUNTRY. IN FACT,

A BABY IN THE US IS NEARLY 3 TIMES AS LIKELY TO DIE

AS A BABY IN FINLAND.

THIS IS NOT BECAUSE HEALTHCARE IS WORSE IN THE US.

ACTUAL LIVE BIRTH RATES ARE ALMOST THE SAME

ACROSS ALL DEVELOPED NATIONS. THE US LAGS

BEHIND BECAUSE ONCE BABIES LEAVE THE HOSPITAL,

LOWER INCOME CHILDREN HAVE A MUCH SMALLER CHANCE

OF REACHING THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY THAN THEIR

COUNTERPARTS ELSEWHERE.

WHY? THE U.S. HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RICH-POOR

GAPS OF ANY DEVELOPED NATION AND PRIVATIZED

HEALTHCARE IN THE US IS NOT AS AVAILABLE TO

LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTHCARE

IN OTHER COUNTRIES OFFERS EVEN THE POOREST

CITIZENS MEDICAL ATTENTION.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR SIMILAR REASONS THE US

ALSO LAGS BEHIND EVERYBODY ELSE IN MATERNAL

MORTALITY RATES.

ENOUGH OF THE DEPRESSING STATISTICS, DID YOU

KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WERE IN THE WOMB YOU HAD

TASTE BUDS ON THE ROOF AND SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH

AS WELL AS YOUR TONGUE?

BABIES SOMETIMES SLEEP WITH THEIR EYES OPEN.

THEY CAN ALSO BREATHE AND SWALLOW AT

THE SAME TIME.

BABIES ARE SUPER STRONG RELATIVE TO THEIR SMALL SIZE.

IN FACT, THEY CAN EASILY LIFT THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT.