BABY FACTS
Added on: 16th Jan 2016
LINA MEDINA, A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM PERU,
IS THE YOUNGEST CONFIRMED PERSON
TO EVER GIVE BIRTH
THE BEST CHANCE A BABY HAS OF SURVIVING IS
WHEN ITS MOTHER IS 22 YEARS OLD.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE "AGE OF FECUNDITY".
EVERY BABY IS BORN WITH NATURAL SWIMMING ABILITIES.
THIS QUICKLY DISAPPEARS THOUGH.
BABIES PREFER THE RHYTHM AND CADENCE OF THEIR
MOTHER'S NATIVE TONGUE AT BIRTH. THIS SUGGESTS
THAT LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTUALLY BEGINS
BEFORE BIRTH!
IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD FEMALE INFANTICIDE
(KILLING OR ABANDONING BABY GIRLS) IS A MAJOR
PROBLEM. BY SOME ESTIMATES ALMOST 30 MILLION
GIRLS ARE "MISSING" FROM CHINA
EVERY HOUR A BABY DIES IN THE US BECAUSE OF SIDS
(SUDDEN INFANTILE DEATH SYNDROME)
NEW BORN BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO TURN
THEIR HEAD TO THE RIGHT THAN TO THE LEFT
A RUSSIAN PEASANT WOMEN HAD 69 CHILDREN
BETWEEN 1725 AND 1765. THIS IS THE MOST
EVER RECORDED.
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