Monday, May 23, 2011

Items You Probably Don't Realize About Babies

By Logan Baxter


You already know that most of a baby's day centers on his sleeping, relieving himself and his feeding habits. Do you understand how a baby moves? Do you understand how babies develop? Most of us don't worry about the minutiae of infant development. For people who are interested in becoming parents, however, baby and early childhood development is a fascinating subject.

Every day is a surprise when you have a baby! Only half of the things you have learned about babies is correct. This article will teach you a few things about babies that you probably do not already know.

Many colors look almost identical to babies when they are born. Babies are born with eyes that are not completely finished yet and only partially formed synapses between the eyes and the brain. Babies see primary colors better than any other, which is why you should choose those colors for his nursery and toys. You should focus the color scheme for your baby on bright reds and blues and greens or even on black and white. In the eyes of a baby, a lot of pastel colors look pretty much the same.

Odd as it might sound, some babies come out with some teeth already in place! Other babies don't start getting their teeth in until well after their first birthdays.

Teething is one of the things new parents dread the most. There is no reason to fret if your child starts teething earlier or later than his peers. Each baby is different and develops at his or her own pace so, even though you might have had three kids who started teething at six months, that doesn't mean that your newest baby will start at that time.

Common knowledge states that babies don't smile until long after they are born. If a baby does smile before a certain point, most people think it is gas. For decades most people believed that babies had to learn how to smile-that it was a condition picked up by the infant early in life. Common thought said that learning how to express happiness was harder for babies than learning how to express displeasure (which is usually done through crying). Now we know better. Advances have been made in ultrasound technology and more parents are seeing images of their children smiling while they are still in utero. Now families are given ultrasound pictures of their smiling children many weeks before the children's' due date. Now scientists and doctors believe the reason babies do not smile for a while after they are born is because the process of being born is too traumatic.




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