Babies are the cutest, most cuddly and full of happiness. When you see a baby, all your tensions will disappear with that smile, and your heart will melt with a giggle. Do you want to know much more about these bundles of joys, read on to learn more?
Newborns are natural swimmers.
Babies have a diving reflex which makes their body naturally adapt when submerged in water. The heart rate slows, and the baby instinctively holds the breath. They learn this wonderful skill from the womb and tend to lose this ability six months onwards. Just like a fish, they also breathe and swallow at the same time in the first few months!
Babies are natural dancers.
Newborns have a natural sense of rhythm. Whenever they hear music, they instinctively start to dance to the eat, move hands and legs with the rhythm. Researches have proven that they find music more engaging than speech and is a perfect way to get your baby in the groove.
Newborns have 300 bones.
Babies are born with 94 more bones than human adults. As they grow, these extra bones fuse into each other as a part of development.
Only baby species to smile.
This is one of the most blessed facts! Only human babies can smile back at their parents. No other species in the animal kingdom can do that.
First recognized colour is Red
Many experts suggest that human babies can only see shades of black, grey and white, while some say babies can see different hues, but they are extremely blurry to differentiate. When it comes to real colours, the first one to be recognized is red and the last, blue and purple.
Newborns will sleep for around 5400 hours in their first year
This is out of 8760 hours in a year and is a lot! We know that babies don’t sleep for long stretches as they are constantly hungry. But even with their power naps, 5400 hours is a lot of sleep time!
Babies are tear-free
Although you have seen a newborn crying a lot, the fact is that they only begin to produce tears after three weeks of age.
Newborn stomach is as big a walnut
And that’s why they are constantly hungry. Furthermore, they can only taste sweet and sour. After four months of age, can they taste salt!
Cute fact, baby eyes are already 75 percent of the size of grown adult eyes. That’s why they have the power to melt anyone’s heart.
