14 Interesting facts about babies
- Men are the best at changing a baby’s diaper. Men take just a 1 minute 36 seconds while women can take 2 minutes 5 seconds to change a diaper.
- Babies are born with swimming abilities and can naturally hold their breath. However, they shortly lose this instinct.
- About 1/4 of a baby's weight is accounted for by their head.
- Diaper rash occurs more often after 8 months of age.
- Babies have a define preference for high contrast images, like geometric shapes in black, white and red.
- If you eat fish during pregnancy you can increase your baby's brain development as well as provide them with better communication skills.
- Baby oil and baby lotion lubricate the skin equally well.
- Newborn babies have an acute sense of smell, which enables them to recognise the natural scent, or pheromones, from their mother’s body.
- It is the father's sperm that decides the sex of your baby.
- If your child is born in the month of May they are on average 200 grams heavier at birth then other babies.
- Aside from medical costs, it's been determined that new parents in the U.S. typically spend $7,000 in a baby's first year on everything from diapers to formula to day care.
- At birth, a child’s feet have 22 partially formed bones; by the time the child turms 18, each foot has 26 fully formed bones.
- Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery their eye color can change.
- The more stimulating experiences you can give your baby, the more circuitry is built for enhanced learning in the future.
