Behind a tiny body, an adorable face and soft skin, there is a myriad of interesting facts that many people rarely know about newborns - maybe their own mother did not know it. What are they:
When newborn, the baby cries without tears
Newborns do not produce tears for a few weeks. This happens because the lacrimal glands did not really develop perfectly. After about 2-3 months, babies cry tears. Because at this age, the production of baby tears increases.
Newborns have birthmarks
In general, each newborn baby has at least one birthmark. This is not an anomaly, but it is normal. About 80% of babies are born with birthmarks. Birthmarks occur when small blood vessels under the skin widen during labor. Birthmarks appear in different shapes, colors, and sizes. Usually, this birthmark disappears on its own when the child is three years old. But some birthmarks will settle or even expand.
Newborns have 300 bones
Unlike adults, the number of newborns is 300. But as we get older, the number of bones decreases to 206 because some bones have fused. For example, the baby's skull has several soft bones that overlap during delivery to facilitate the baby's exit from the mother's vagina. Before the skull grows completely, it is only a slippery and sensitive area.
Newborns do not have a kneecap
Babies are born without patella. Babies only have cartilage on their knees before the patella bone appears at six months of age.
Newborns can hear, smell and see well
When one is a newborn, the ability to hear babies is not perfect, because the middle ear is always filled with fluid, which is a small auditory hearing. But the baby can recognize his mother's voice, the voice he always hears most clearly when the baby is still in the womb. As a result, the baby responds better to the sound of his mother than to the voice of others. Even a newborn who falls asleep can recognize his mother's voice in one word and activate the brain related to his language abilities.
Even the smell will increase at this stage. But the vision is not too good. Newborns experience hyperopia. Newborns can see objects or anything in a 8 to the 12-inch radius. Indeed, the baby's brain can not process information from 8 to 15 inches. The baby's brain contains about 100 billion neurons. That's why they pay close attention to everything around them. It takes the baby several weeks to visually distinguish his mother from other adults.
Newborns recognize songs heard while still in the womb
Babies can recognize songs that are heard in the womb until four months after birth. Therefore, when babies are difficult, they can try to give songs that are usually heard during pregnancy, as this can make the baby quieter.
Newborns do not put anything in their mouths
Newborns sometimes put their fingers in their mouths. A few months later, when he can hold an object, the baby tends to put everything in his mouth. Research in France shows that newborns have the instinct to put everything in their mouths to survive. Because grasping something in the mouth is defined as the ability to eat.
Newborns will lose their hair
At birth, the entire skin of the baby's body is covered with fine hair, called lanugo. The hair will fall slowly, so often they do not come true. Lanugo will disappear completely soon after.
Newborns have the first greenish black stool
The baby's first stool consists of a dark sticky substance called meconium. The first baby stool is produced by a newborn baby during the first two days of life. Do not worry if its color is dark green. Over time, the dark green of the meconium will turn brownish green, then yellow with a denser texture.
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