Two weeks ago, I was blessed with a second grandchild. Another gorgeous baby girl. I'm counting the days until I get to hold her in my arms.
The new parents didn't know, and didn't want to know, the sex of their first baby. They picked two names which they didn't share until after baby was born. If anyone had any objections, no one would dare to share it once it had already been given to the baby.
While I was searching for the meaning of her name--it means weaver--I stumbled onto fun facts about newborn babies. Whether I believe all of them is different story, but one of these will eventually appear in one of my stories LOL
- Newborn babies' kneecaps are made of cartilage, not bones. The cartilage will harden into bony kneecaps around six months of age.
- Babies born in May are the heaviest. Apparently someone looked at the average weight of babies born throughout the year, and discovered that babies born in May are 200g heavier than babies born in any other months. That's 7oz bigger. That's actually a big difference.
That being said, I have no idea how many babies were parts of that, but that's a fun fact.
- Newborn babies have no tears. Babies' tear ducts aren't fully developed until three weeks of age, so they won't shed tears in these first few weeks, but it won't stop them from crying.
I wonder if the tear ducts start to develop three weeks after they are born, or three weeks after they should have been born...
- Babies are born with 300 bones. An adult has 206 bones. Over the years, baby's cartilage will harden and bones will fuse together. By the time she reaches early adulthood (20-25 years of age), she will have 206 bones.
- Babies' hair falls out. A newborn tends to lose the hair she was born with and grow new hair over the first year of her life. The new hair may be very different from the one she was born with.
One of my daughters was born with red hair. By the time she was a few months old, she was blond.
- A newborn baby is born with around 70 reflexes.
I'm impressed, and I bet they are faster than mine too LOL
- Babies know your taste in music. Unborn babies start hearing sounds and music at around seventeen-eighteen weeks. By the time they are born, they apparently recognize your taste in music.
The research doesn't say if they also acquire your taste in music, but it may explain why my daughters love ABBA as much as I do.
- Babies are born with taste buds throughout their mouths. By the time they reach adulthood, about a third of these taste buds will remain, and they will be mostly on their tongues.
- Babies grow fast. Most babies will double in weight the first six months, and quadruple in size the first two years.
Yeah, they grow way too fast. Next thing you know, they start having little ones of their own.
I'm enjoying every moment of grandmotherhood because I know it will be over in the blink of an eye.
Enjoy the small blessings that life brings every day & stay safe!
JS
