Interesting Baby Facts... Strange but True

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Interesting Baby Facts... Strange but True
by GranMamma

* 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.





The human body is a fascinating study to subject. You may be surprised by the following facts.



* Women blink twice as many times as men do.



* Eyes are the most active muscles in the whole body.



* There are about 550 hairs in the eyebrow.



* The life span of a tastebud is 10 days.



* Humans have almost 10,000 taste buds.



* The colder the room you sleep in, the more likely that you will have a bad dream.



* The human body is better suited for two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.



* The jawbone is the hardest bone in the human body.



* It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.



* You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.... talk about a lot of celebrating.



* The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan”.





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