BABY'S AMAZING BODY
Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood only
206 remain. The reason? Some bones fuse together later.
At birth, a child's feet have 22 partially formed
bones; by 18, each foot has 26 fully formed bones.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They only develop
during the latter half of the first year
Children born in the month of May are on the average
200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any
other month.
A newborn baby's head accounts for about one-quarter
of its entire weight.
According to researchers at the University of Texas,
babies like pretty faces better than plain ones.
A fetus in the womb can hear. Tests have shown that
fetuses respond to various sounds as they do to pressures
and internal sensations.
The average child will eat 15 pounds of cereal in
a year. Newborn babies eat as many as 12 meals a day.
Diaper rash occurs more often after 8 months of age.
Many babies recognize their mothers' voices when they
are born
Babies like high-pitched sing-songy voices.
Babies are always born with blue eyes, although the
color may change within a few moments of delivery.
A typical newborn baby will double its weight by age
six months and triple it by the end of the first year
Babies eyes don't make tears until the baby is between
3 and 6 weeks old.
The average toddler takes 176 steps per minute.
Babies eyes don't make tears until the baby is between
3 and 6 weeks old.
BABY'S WONDERFUL MIND and
SUPER SENSES
Babies have a biological need and desire to learn.
The basic networking of the brain's synapses nearly
completes after the rapid brain development of the
first three years.
Babies have a biological need and desire to learn.
The more stimulating experiences the baby is exposed
to, the more chances for enhanced learning in the
future.
The number of connections in the brain increases or
decreases by 25% depending on the environment and
stimulation.
Shortly after birth, infants can discriminate among
a large number of sounds that occur in many languages.
A week old baby can distinguish his mother's voice
and at two weeks he can recognize his father's voice.
Babies gradually develop a preference for the sounds
of their native tongue.
Babies prefer high contrast images, like geometric
shapes in black, white and red.
Newborn babies have an acute sense of smell, which
enables them to recognize the natural scent from their
mother's body.
