Those Baby Facts are Amazing

Children grow up really fast. In one moment there is nothing more than a few cells and almost immediately vital organs are being built. That tiny ball of cells only needs forty weeks to grow and form a human being capable of living on its own. Even after birth the changes happen quickly-personalities and decision making seem to happen almost at once. Things like moving on their own, needing help with diaper changes and even how they learn to speak are pretty commonly understood. Here are some interesting tidbits and trivia about infants that you might have fun learning.

By the time most women learn that they are pregnant, their babies already have pumping hearts. The heart forms and begins beating around three weeks after conception takes place. It is pretty much right around this date that a woman realizes that she is pregnant. If you ever wanted an excuse to be fascinated by babies the fact that it only takes three weeks to build a beating heart would probably do the trick! Doesn’t it blow your mind that the foundation of the heart that you have now only took a few weeks to make?

Did you realize that some people give birth to babies who already have teeth? Other babies have to wait longer than usual and won’t see any teething until they are almost toddlers.

A baby’s first teeth are momentous and dreaded by many parents. There is no reason to fret if your child starts teething earlier or later than his peers. All babies develop at their own paces and even if your other children started teething at a certain age, there is no guarantee that this baby will do the same.



But what to do if you are kind of unsure exactly who the father of that new baby is? Thank goodness for paternity testing! Just by collecting a simple paternity testing sample, you can figure out who the father is and get on with your life.

Babies are able to physically communicate before they can verbally communicate. Many parents use this as a basis for beginning the “baby signs” program with their kids. These parents teach their kids how to sign for things like food, drink, diaper changes, naps, etc and it makes it a lot easier for babies to communicate what they need. Communication skills of adults who were taught physical communication style before verbal communication style are better than those who were simply taught how to talk as young kids. Babies are really interesting little people. Nobody really knows exactly how they learn or how quickly they learn it. The one thing everyone can agree on is just how quickly babies change and how amazing it is to watch them grow up.