Think you knew everything about your cute
little ones? Here are some amazing facts about babies you probably didn’t know;
1. Babies Can Recognize Their Mother’s
Voice As Soon As They Are Born
Usually, it takes a while for a baby’s
hearing ability to become fully developed because when they are born; their
middle ear is filled with some fluid which hinders their hearing ability. But
this does not deter a new born from recognizing and responding to the sound of
its mother’s voice.
2. Babies Don’t Cry
Okay, I know you are already
thinking “What do you mean babies don’t cry?” Well, babies do
cry but they never shed tears. A Baby’s tear duct cannot produce enough
teardrops. In the first three months of a baby’s life, the teardrops it
produces is only sufficient to protect and lubricate the eyes so they can only
yell so much but cannot actually shed tears.
3. Babies Have 270 Bones
If you sat through your biology lessons in
high school, you would of course know that the human has 206 bones. But not
babies! Babies have 270 bones which reduce to 206 as it grows, due to fusion of
its skull and spine.
4. Babies Breathe Faster Than Adults
While an adult takes between 12 and 20
breaths per minute, a baby takes in about 2-4 times more breath per minute.
5. Nearly 33% of New Babies are born with
Birthmarks
It has been discovered that for every 3
babies born, it is almost certain that 1 would be born with a birthmark. It has
also been established that female babies have birthmarks twice more than their
male counterparts.
6. New Babies Cannot Taste Salt
Newly Born babies cannot taste salt until they
are about sixteen weeks old because their kidneys are not yet developed enough
to process sodium until they are that old.
7. Babies are born with about 10,000
Taste Buds
Babies have more taste buds than adults and
babies have around 10,000 taste buds on the tongue as well as at the roof of
their mouths and the back and sides of the mouth. Only that these extra taste
buds disappear as they grow older.
Source: TravelGist
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