Did you know!?!?

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adult we have only 206 in our bodies. The reason? Some bones fuse together later.

Children born in the month of May are on the average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month.

A newborn baby's head accounts for about one-quarter of it's entire weight.

According to researchers at the University of Texas, babies like pretty faces better than plain ones.

A fetus in the womb can hear. Tests have shown that fetuses respond to various sounds just as vigorously as they respond to pressures and internal sensations.

The average child will eat 15 pounds of cereal in a year.

Diaper rash occurs more often after 8 months of age.

Baby oil and baby lotion lubricate the skin equally well.

Aside from medical costs, it's been determined that new parents in the U.S. typically spend $7,000 in a baby's first year on everything from diapers to formula to day care.

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the orders that made Mother's Day a national holiday.


Did you know that every three seconds a baby is born?

A Swiss study found that a majority of women unconsciously choose mates with a body odor that differs from their own natural scents, which, as a result, ensures better immune protection for their children. "Longevity" magazine reported that the genes that battle disease-provoking substances also influence body odor.

The average stay in a hospital to give birth was 4.1 days in 1970. It was 2.6 days in 1993.

The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.

From 1725-1765 a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets.

Sweden has the lowest birth rate in the world, 1 in 100. Malawi, in Africa, has the highest, 5.3 in 100.

The first child ever born on the continent of Antarctica was born in 1978.


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