Did you know?

• A baby is born every seven seconds.
• Babies are born with very poor vision but can recognize their mothers almost right away.
• Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery their eye color can change.
• Babies are born with swimming abilities and can naturally hold their breath. However, they shortly lose this instinct.
• Newborns usually double their weight by six months.
• Playing classical music will increase a baby's intelligence.
• Reading to your child at ANY age will increase their knowledge.
• Babies and toddlers are, pound for pound, stronger than oxen. This is especially true of their legs.
• Babies are born without kneecaps.
• Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adult we have only 206 in our bodies. The reason? Some bones fuse together later.
• Children born in the month of May are on the average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month.
• A newborn baby's head accounts for about one-quarter of it's entire weight.
• According to researchers at the University of Texas, babies like pretty faces better than plain ones.
• A fetus in the womb can hear. Tests have shown that fetuses respond to various sounds just as vigorously as they respond to pressures and internal sensations.