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Facts About Babies Most People Don’t Know
Sure everybody knows that babies are cute and snuggly. Even when they wear funny looking outfits they’re adorable. When else in life can a person get away with wearing a sweater emblazoned with a clown without being teased? Some think that being a baby is super simple. The majority of the population seems to think that babies are fully formed adults except for their inability to speak in complete sentences. The truth is that babies are complex little creatures with their own sets of needs and abilities. Here is some (hopefully) new information about babies.
The heart is usually already pumping by the time a woman finds out that she is pregnant. Within three weeks of conception a heart is formed and starts to pump. This is usually when most women find out that they are pregnant. Doesn’t it amaze you that biology doesn’t even need a full month to build functioning organs out of almost nothing at all? Think about everything that your heart does and how strong it needs to be and then marvel at how quickly you made its foundation while you were in the womb. You’re already aware that a fetus can hear sounds while he is still in his mother’s womb. Many sounds cause babies to have strong reactions-reactions that have been recorded before the baby is born. The ears of an infant are sensitive to different decibel levels of sound-both inside of and outside of the womb. Even before the baby is birthed, his ears are very sensitive. Your doctor will probably tell you that a good gauge for what is too loud is your vacuum cleaner: if your television or music is louder than the vacuum then that music or television show needs its volume turned down! The goal is to keep the noise down as much as possible but loud enough that you can still hear it; avoiding construction areas and places with heavy traffic sounds when you leave the house is also a good idea.
Even though babies can make a wailing sound as soon as they are born, the presence of actual tears does not usually occur until the baby is at least two or three weeks old. Tears contain stress induced hormones. This is one of the reasons that stress makes people cry: the body forces the stress induced hormones out of the body to calm itself down. Babies do not produce these hormones before birth. It can take some infants a few weeks to begin producing this hormone and real tears. Still other babies can take up to a few months to show signs of actual tears (remember, every baby is different).
There are plenty of developmental facts about babies that few people know. This is ironic since having extra information usually helps an adult with his or her patience levels.
The more you know about babies, the better prepared you will be as a parent. Have fun!
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