Amazing Facts About Your Babies

With a new one born every few seconds, babies keep the world going round. However, they have more to teach us than originally thought.

On birth, babies do not have kneecaps. Rather they have a structure of cartilage that resembles kneecaps. They usually don't develop them fully until after six months. Most seen on babies who "army crawl" instead of doing it on all fours.

One would think that January sees the heaviest babies given all the holiday eating but this is untrue.May is actually the month that sees the heaviest babies born. Usually about an average of 200 grams heavier than any other month.

They can scream and holler for what they want or need, but newborn can't technically cry. Tears can't actually be created or released until about three weeks in some cases, it isn't unusual for babies to shed their first tears until four or five months.

When babies are born, they have 300 bones. Adults have 206. Bones fuse together during growth to come up with the new number.

If your newborn has a birthmark or other abnormality, this is actually normal. Around 80 % of all babies are born with some form. The most common includes stork bites and port wine stains.

While adults and babies can do both, only at a certain age can you do both at the same time. At around six months is when babies can both take a breath and a bite at the very same time.

At six months in, babies have usually doubled their birth weight. A near impossibility at any other age.

Pound for pound, your baby is stronger than many animals. An oxen is the best example of compatible strength. Their strongest muscles?  The legs.

While Caucasian babies are born with blue eyes, around now they will change color. If both parents have blue eyes, the baby definitely will. If not, now is the time that they change,if they will.

Although they can't speak, babies can still communicate physically.  Waving bye-bye, clapping, pointing, and others are ways that they communicate. Studies show that the more physically they communicate, the better they will verbally communicate.

With a population that is ten percent left-handed, now is about the time you will begin noticing your child's preference. However, if your baby is a twin, they are 22 % likely to be left handed.

At the end of the first year, your baby's weight will have tripled. That means if they were born at ten pounds, at their first year they will weight around 30, give or take.