Childhood development is fascinating. The process by which a small ball of cells becomes a fully functional person will blow your mind. Growing up is a more complicated process than most people realize. Babies are adorable and very complicated beings. Babies have very specific needs that must be met or they will not grow up properly. You probably have no idea how complex being a baby can be. Being a parent is easier if you understand what is going on as your child grows from baby to small kid to teenager and onward.
An infant's body is made up of three hundred individual bones. By the time a person reaches adulthood there are only two hundred and six bones in the body. This makes it sound like the bones disappear but the truth is that many of the bones that are separate at birth fuse together into larger bones as children grow up. Some people think that this is one of the reasons that babies are so much more physically flexible than adults, because some of their bones are still able to move about independent of each other. If you look at a baby's flexibility and compare it to your own, this might make a lot of sense.
It is common knowledge that babies can hear while they are still inside of their mothers. Many sounds cause babies to have strong reactions-reactions that have been recorded before the baby is born. Did you know that a fetus's ears are just as sensitive to varying decibel levels as those of an infant? You can hurt a baby's ears even before he is born! If something is louder than your vacuum cleaner you should turn it down-doctors agree that the vacuum cleaner's noise is the cutoff level for comfort and a newborn's ears. You will soon learn that even your vacuum cleaner might be too loud for your baby so keep the noise level to a minimum and try to avoid heavy traffic or construction when you leave the house as it can be too loud as well.Even while they are in utero, babies can identify music. By thirty four weeks of life the baby is able to recognize different songs. This is about six weeks before the baby is due to be born! Sometimes the babies will even "dance" to different beats. This could mean that a person's musical taste is instinctual instead of conditioned. Aren't you excited about that?Did you know that not all babies are born toothless? Other babies don't start getting their teeth in until well after their first birthdays. Most parents dread the teething process. There is no right age for teething to start so don't start to freak out if it happens "too early" or "takes too long" to start. Even if you have other children who started teething at an average age, that does not mean that this baby is not going to follow his own schedule.The vocal range of babies is very impressive; even if it does take them a while to use those vocal cords to make words that adults can understand. These sounds are possible because the baby's voice box isn't finished forming until the baby is older. This is one of the reasons that babies can make more sounds than adults. It doesn't take long for a baby to learn how to assign a sound to an object or idea. This is what teaches a mother to identify what it is her baby needs or wants simply by listening to the sounds he is making. Typically, most of a baby's beginning vocabulary will consist of easy vowels and consonants that he can make using only the front of his mouth. Babies will usually say "dada" before "mama" because "dada" uses the front of the mouth and is easier for the baby to learn to say-and it's first utterance is almost always an accident!
It's pretty much common belief that babies learn to smile long after they have entered the world. If a baby does smile before a certain point, most people think it is gas. For more than a century people believed that smiling was an activity taught to babies by their parents. Crying seemed to be instinctual so everyone thought it was simply easier for babies to show when they were displeased and that expressing pleasure was something they had to be taught how to do. Now it is apparent that this has always been wrong. As ultrasound technology advances, people are seeing their children smile while they are still in utero. Lots of mothers and fathers have been given photographic evidence of their baby smiling in the womb. The belief now is that the birthing process is traumatic for the baby and that it takes a while for the baby to get over it and "learn" to smile again.
Experts are constantly making strides in early childhood development. Things that we believe as true in this moment could be proven to be myths ten minutes from now. With new knowledge being presented almost every minute is it any wonder that people are so stymied by early childhood development? Thankfully, there are lots of ways to keep up with the research and discoveries. Babies are more than tiny, barely functioning humans. Babies' needs are very specific. Learning how to communicate with your child is something every mother must do. It is important that you learn all you can about your child's development. The better your understanding, the stronger your parenting skills will be.
An infant's body is made up of three hundred individual bones. By the time a person reaches adulthood there are only two hundred and six bones in the body. This makes it sound like the bones disappear but the truth is that many of the bones that are separate at birth fuse together into larger bones as children grow up. Some people think that this is one of the reasons that babies are so much more physically flexible than adults, because some of their bones are still able to move about independent of each other. If you look at a baby's flexibility and compare it to your own, this might make a lot of sense.
It is common knowledge that babies can hear while they are still inside of their mothers. Many sounds cause babies to have strong reactions-reactions that have been recorded before the baby is born. Did you know that a fetus's ears are just as sensitive to varying decibel levels as those of an infant? You can hurt a baby's ears even before he is born! If something is louder than your vacuum cleaner you should turn it down-doctors agree that the vacuum cleaner's noise is the cutoff level for comfort and a newborn's ears. You will soon learn that even your vacuum cleaner might be too loud for your baby so keep the noise level to a minimum and try to avoid heavy traffic or construction when you leave the house as it can be too loud as well.Even while they are in utero, babies can identify music. By thirty four weeks of life the baby is able to recognize different songs. This is about six weeks before the baby is due to be born! Sometimes the babies will even "dance" to different beats. This could mean that a person's musical taste is instinctual instead of conditioned. Aren't you excited about that?Did you know that not all babies are born toothless? Other babies don't start getting their teeth in until well after their first birthdays. Most parents dread the teething process. There is no right age for teething to start so don't start to freak out if it happens "too early" or "takes too long" to start. Even if you have other children who started teething at an average age, that does not mean that this baby is not going to follow his own schedule.The vocal range of babies is very impressive; even if it does take them a while to use those vocal cords to make words that adults can understand. These sounds are possible because the baby's voice box isn't finished forming until the baby is older. This is one of the reasons that babies can make more sounds than adults. It doesn't take long for a baby to learn how to assign a sound to an object or idea. This is what teaches a mother to identify what it is her baby needs or wants simply by listening to the sounds he is making. Typically, most of a baby's beginning vocabulary will consist of easy vowels and consonants that he can make using only the front of his mouth. Babies will usually say "dada" before "mama" because "dada" uses the front of the mouth and is easier for the baby to learn to say-and it's first utterance is almost always an accident!
It's pretty much common belief that babies learn to smile long after they have entered the world. If a baby does smile before a certain point, most people think it is gas. For more than a century people believed that smiling was an activity taught to babies by their parents. Crying seemed to be instinctual so everyone thought it was simply easier for babies to show when they were displeased and that expressing pleasure was something they had to be taught how to do. Now it is apparent that this has always been wrong. As ultrasound technology advances, people are seeing their children smile while they are still in utero. Lots of mothers and fathers have been given photographic evidence of their baby smiling in the womb. The belief now is that the birthing process is traumatic for the baby and that it takes a while for the baby to get over it and "learn" to smile again.
Experts are constantly making strides in early childhood development. Things that we believe as true in this moment could be proven to be myths ten minutes from now. With new knowledge being presented almost every minute is it any wonder that people are so stymied by early childhood development? Thankfully, there are lots of ways to keep up with the research and discoveries. Babies are more than tiny, barely functioning humans. Babies' needs are very specific. Learning how to communicate with your child is something every mother must do. It is important that you learn all you can about your child's development. The better your understanding, the stronger your parenting skills will be.
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