12 Truly Surprising Facts About Your Baby
Tags: Family, Facts, Baby, Parenting

We are sure that you already know a lot about your dearest baby — their habits, preferences, and likings. Nevertheless, babies are indeed born to surprise, and the astonishing baby facts we prepared only prove babies are really the most remarkable little things in the world.

1. No Kneecaps

You may be surprised to learn that babies are born without kneecaps. Instead, newborns have cartilage which resembles a kneecap with its structure. These cartilages don’t develop until babies become six months that’s why most babies crawl on their arms instead of all four.

2. Newborn Babies Do Not Cry

Hard to believe? But that’s true! They scream and howl if they need something but they don’t shed tears. Babies will not cry for about three weeks after birth because their tear ducts aren’t entirely developed. They only produce enough moisture to keep baby’s eyes healthy but not tears.

3. Most Babies Are Born With Blue Eyes

Don’t be surprised if the colour of your baby’s eyes doesn’t resemble the colour of your eyes, or your partner’s. That’s another surprising baby fact!

The colour of the eye comes from the colour particles behind the iris. In most cases, the pigment of those particles isn’t developed at birth. That’s why most babies regardless of their genetics are born with blue eyes. By ten months the colour of the eyes will most likely change to green, hazel or brown.

4. Babies Constantly Feel Sleepy

Newborns feel sleepy almost all the time. During the first few months, they are alert for just ten minutes in every hour of the day. This happens because the baby’s brain uses the biggest part of the total body glucose supply, which makes babies feel sleepy.

5. First Smile

Another fact you may want to know about your baby is that they will be able to smile back to you only after they are a month old. In this period, you may try to engage your little one with funny facial expression or voice and see if they are ready to give you the first smile.

6. Hair Falls Out

If your baby has thick hair at birth, it doesn’t mean that it will stay the same. Usually, the baby’s hair falls out in the first few weeks and then grows back over the next year.

7. Your Baby Puts Things to Mouth

We’re all aware of this baby fact and unsuccessfully try to fight against the baby’s innate desire to put everything in their mouth. Babies use their sense of touch to explore things around them. The most sensitive touch receptors are in and around their mouth, which is why they try to chew everything which attracts their attention.

8. Newborns Have Great Hearing

That starts in the womb when babies are already capable to recognize the music they hear. Hence, you may play the song you used to hear during the pregnancy, to soothe your small one when they’re whimsical. Straight after the birth, the baby’s hearing is not perfect as the middle ear is still full of fluid but they already may recognize their mother’s voice from just one syllable. You may also consider using white noise as a sleeping aid during those first few months.

9. Babies Laugh More Than Adults

This baby fact proves that our little ones feel happier than we do! They laugh on average 300 times a day while adults laugh only 60 times. Of course, that’s only after they learn how to do that.

10. Your Baby Can Swim

Babies are born with the natural ability to swim and hold their breath under the water. They can even splash around with their arms and legs imitating the swimming. If you take your baby to a swimming class you will see these innate talents in action.

11. Newborns Can Swallow And Breathe Simultaneously

How you ever wondered how your baby can eat from a bottle without stopping? That’s because they can swallow and breathe at the same time until seven months. Babies also take much more breathes than adults.

12. Your Baby Can Communicate

Even before your baby starts speaking you may contribute to their communicative skills. The little ones can communicate using gestures like waving, clapping and pointing. And you should use the opportunity to interact with your baby and teach them something new. The studies have shown that this will improve their verbal communication in the future.

Those are just a few surprising baby facts but your parenting journey will for sure be full of own fascinating moments and amazing adventures together with your little one.