24by7Article.com | Facts About Babies that Will Surprise You

Kids get bigger faster than anybody realizes. In almost no time at all a baby goes from a ball of rapidly dividing cells to the beginnings of a human being with rudimentary lungs, a brain and a pumping heart. That tiny ball of cells only needs forty weeks to grow and form a human being capable of living on its own. It seems like not very much time passes at all between birth and the time when your baby has very definite likes and dislikes. Most people already know that babies need someone to change their diapers and teach them how to speak. Here are some interesting tidbits and trivia about infants that you might have fun learning.

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. This is why the very best colors that you can use for a baby's room or toys are bright primary colors. Bold and bright colors like reds and greens and blues or even white and black are the easiest colors for babies to see. Pastels are better for adult eyes.

It is their colors that make some toys more popular among babies than others. What this means is that all of the black and white stuff that you think of as ugly is actually better for your baby's eyesight and brain development than the more traditional and popular pastel based decorations and toys. Most babies are born knowing instinctually how to swim and how to hold their breath. This is also something that your baby will rapidly forget as well. This is one of the reasons many experts are in favor of women having water births. The basic belief is that since babies are "swimming" in their mothers' wombs as they develop, being born into a pool of water is supposed to make the transition easier. "Traditional" birthing in a hospital room is believed to be one of the reasons that babies have such a hard time adjusting to life outside of mom: the harsh transition is too traumatic.

A baby learns how to communicate physically before he or she learns to communicate verbally. This physical communication instinct is one reason that so many parents gravitate toward programs like "baby signs." They teach their babies basic signs for food, wet, sleepy, etc and it helps the babies better communicate what they want and need from their parents. Many studies have proven that kids who were taught how to communicate through physical communication programs like sign language grow up to have better communication skills than those who were simply taught verbal communication in their early years.

There are all sorts of great and interesting facts about babies that are not common knowledge. It is common knowledge just how quickly an infant develops. Have you learned the exact process by which a baby matures? Do you know all of the stages between birth and adulthood? Your knowledge of babies is already expanding-don't you want to learn more about this fascinating subject?