10 Interesting Facts About Babies
1.A baby cannot taste salt until it is 4 months old. The delay may be related to
the development of kidneys, which start to process sodium at about that age.
the development of kidneys, which start to process sodium at about that age.
2.At birth, babies have no kneecaps. Kneecaps do not develop completely until
after six months.
3.A newborn urinates about every 20 minutes and then roughly every hour at 6
months
4.Famous premature babies include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Mark Twain,
Stevie Wonder, Johannes Kepler, and Sir Winston Churchill
5.The heaviest baby on record to survive was a 22 lb. 8 oz. Italian baby born in
1955.
6.Up until 7 months old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time.
7.At around 6 months old, a baby learns that each object is unique. Before this
time, whenever it sees a bird in a tree, it always assumes it was the same bird.
8.A baby has around 30,000 taste buds. They are not just on the tongue but also on the sides, back, and roof of the mouth. Adults have about 10,000
9.Adults have 206 bones. When babies are born, they have 300. Their bones
fuse as they grow, resulting in fewer bones as adults.
10.The protein that keeps a baby’s skull from fusing is called “noggin.”
