INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NEWBORN BABIES

1. A baby can breathe and swallow at the same time.
2. Most newborns cry without tears until they are three to six weeks old. 
3. Babies are born with natural swimming abilities.
4. Most newborns will lose all the hair they are born with in 3-4 months.
5. A baby’s brain contains about 100 billion neurons.
6. Approximately 80% of babies are born with a birthmark.
7. A newborn’s kneecap is made entirely of cartilage.
8. A baby’s heart beats 180 times per minute at birth.
9. Babies are born nearsighted.
10. Babies are born with sophisticated hearing. 
11. A baby’s sense of touch develops from head to toe.
12. A baby’s strongest sense is smell.
13. Babies like high-pitched singing.
14. The average woman changes a diaper in 2 minutes and 5 seconds. 
15. Premature babies don’t sweat.
16. Many famous writers, artists, scientists, and world leaders were preemies.
17. A baby will eat an estimated 15 pounds of cereal per year.
18. A newborn baby will triple its weight by twelve months. 
19. By twelve months, a baby’s foot size equals half of their adult foot size.
20. A baby’s head is proportionally huge, being 1/4 of the total body length
21. A baby has 300 separate bones at birth, but adults have only 206.
22. The brain of a newborn accounts for 10% of body weight. In adults, that’s just 2%. 
23. A baby has around 10,000 taste buds, far more than adults
24. Babies laugh on average 300 times a day, adults only 60