Babies are amazing little creatures. My 3-month-old fascinates me each day–especially his wondrous and curious stares. A new study is shedding more light on how babies see the world differently and the results will offer a new perception on just how amazing babies truly are. Learn more and check out more unbelievable facts about infants. Get ready to be blown away!
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–With additional reporting by Claudya Martinez
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The way they see
While a 3 and 4-month-old's brain isn't completely developed yet, they're able to flex their high visual skills. For the study, 42 babies were placed to look at 3D objects and researchers measured how long the babies stared at each item. Most of the babies showed shape and color associations, which is pretty impressive for their age!
Their diaper business
A newborn urinates about every 20 minutes. No wonder a lot of diapers get tossed in the beginning! By 6 months, your baby will pee about once an hour.
Their skin is very thin
A newborn's skin is ultra sensitive and very thin. This explains why babies tend to have cold hands and feet. Be sure to make skin-to-skin contact and dress them in layers even in the summer.
They recognize mommy's voice
Research conducted by Canadian and Chinese obstetricians and psychologists in 2014, found that infants are able to identify their mom's voice in the womb. A fetus starts to hear at 30 weeks and starts to grow a natural association. They found that a baby's heart pumps quicker after hearing their mom's voice, which is also known as a "attention mechanism."
Kneecap-less wonders
When babies are born they don’t have any kneecaps. Crazy! They fully develop them sometime after six months of age.
They have bigotes in the womb
Babies in the womb grow a mustache that spreads all over their body. The fine hair is called lunago. Usually this hair falls off before they are born and then the baby eats it. Don’t judge, they’re babies!
May babies are bigger
For some strange reason babies born in May tend to weigh more. Babies born in May are usually 200 grams heavier on average than babies born every other month.
Tearless crying
Have you ever noticed that newborns cry without tears sort of like some telenovela actresses? Most babies don’t start making tears until they are about three weeks or older.
Boney critters
Okay, so babies may be born with no kneecaps, but they are also born with more bones than adults. Babies are born with 300 bones while grownups have 206. The decrease in number happens because some bones end up fusing together as babies grow.
You can predict their adult shoe size
When a baby is 1 year old, their foot is half the size of what their adult foot will measure.
They double their size PRONTO
Most babies are twice their birth weight by the time they are 6 months old.
From gas to you're a gas
Up until they are about 1 month old, if a baby smiles it’s probably gas. After that, if they smile when you are trying to make them smile it’s because they think you’re a gas!
All eyes
A baby is born with eyes that are about 75 percent the size that their adult eyes will be. That explains why some babies look like they are all eyes.
They have more taste than adults do
Okay, well technically they have more taste buds than adults. Babies are born with taste buds on the back, sides and roof of their mouths as well as on their tongues. Eventually the extra taste buds go bye bye.
