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5 Surprising Facts About Babies by rummeh: 3:13am On Sep 18, 2016 |
1. Newborns Can SwimNewborns Can Swim A group of scientists decided one day that it would be a good idea to dip 36 newborns’ faces into cold water and just see what happened. Surprisingly, instead of committing mass infanticide, they discovered something amazing—the babies instinctively knew how to hold their breath. They survived and even came out giggling and smiling. Babies can do more than just hold their breath, though. In another experiment, researchers had parents hold their babies in the water with their tummies down. The babies started kicking and moving their legs in a doggy-paddle motion that actually kept them afloat. The experiments proved that newborns have an instinctive ability to dive and swim. Researchers also found, though, that we lose it when we turn six months old—something they presumably discovered through an experiment that went slightly less well. 2.Young Children Can Grow Their Fingertips Back if your child accidentally loses part of a limb, you might not need to panic. According to Dr. Christopher Allan, “Kids will actually regrow a pretty good fingertip, after amputation, if you just leave it alone.” It’s something that Dr. Allan discovered with an eight-year-old patient. She had cut off the tip of her middle finger in a bike spoke, and Dr. Allan couldn’t figure out how to reattach it. So he told the family, “Just stick the tip back on and hope for the best.” When the girl came back a few weeks later, she had wisely ignored Dr. Allan’s advice—and her fingertip had grown back on its own. Further research has proven that this isn’t an isolated case. Kids can grow fingertips back as long as the slice doesn’t go past the edge of the nail. 3.Children’s Fingerprints Disappear Incredibly Quickly Fingerprinting technology has taken crime-fighting a long way. Criminal plots are undone every day by the telltale prints left at the scene of the crime—a fate that could have been avoided if they’d just had the common sense to train a group of toddler thieves to commit their crimes. Because, as it turns out, children’s fingerprints don’t stick around. An experiment had children up to age 17 shake vials of alcohol between their thumbs and forefingers. Then the vials were tested for fingerprints. The researchers found that children’s fingerprints quickly vanished while adults’ prints stayed behind. Scientists believe this happens because children have more fatty acids in their fingertips, which make the fingerprints less permanent. 4.Newborns Can Crawl—As Long As It’s Toward A Boob Normally, children don’t start crawling until they’re 7–10 months old. As it turns out, that’s because they don’t have the right incentive. If a baby’s motivated enough, you can get them to crawl as soon as they come out of the womb. An experiment was conducted on babies immediately after they were born. The child was dried, laid on the mother’s chest, and not fed—just to see what would happen. For the first 15 minutes, the children just laid there. After a while, they started to spontaneously suck at the air, and before the test was done, the babies actually crawled over to the mother’s nipple and started sucking. So you can get your baby to crawl. All it takes is about an hour of leaving a newborn child to fend for itself 5.Newborns Can Eat As Much As They Want Without Getting Fat It turns out that you don’t need to worry about your baby’s weight. Newborns have something called “brown fat” that can burn calories at incredible speeds. They have a lot of it, too. It makes up about 5 percent of a newborn’s body mass. The purpose is to keep babies from dying when it’s cold. When the temperature drops, the brown fat produces heat and burns calories like nothing else. So much so that 85 grams (3 oz) of stimulated brown fat can burn 400–500 calories per day. If you’re feeling a little jealous of babies right now, you’re not alone. Some scientists are so jealous of babies’ fat-burning powers that they’re trying to find a way to get those powers into adults. For now, though, this special ability is for babies only. lalasticlala, Seun http://www.newsdoggen.org/2016/09/5-surprising-facts-about-babies.html 3 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by kilokeys(m): 3:47am On Sep 18, 2016 |
So why do we call some girls baby? They can't swim with you when u r in turbulent waters They suck at sucking They can't crawl when they need something so bad.. They can't grow fingernails , they must fix ( 2k minimum) Their fingerprint on ur pocket never disappears. They can't even burn calories properly Mtcheeew 3 Likes |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by oppybouy(m): 5:09am On Sep 18, 2016 |
Looool. Poster above. Well said! |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Nobody: 7:22am On Sep 18, 2016 |
kilokeys:
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Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by obontami: 7:43am On Sep 18, 2016 |
[quote author=HateU2 post=49457235][/quote] I think it will makes a lotta sense if start we making our babies like right now |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Nobody: 7:45am On Sep 18, 2016 |
obontami:obo, you and who |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by obontami: 8:13am On Sep 18, 2016 |
HateU2:you of cos |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Nobody: 8:55am On Sep 18, 2016 |
obontami:I reject it in Jesus name Fireeeeeeee! Can't date a sex freak like you Na u go kill me |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by obontami: 9:00am On Sep 18, 2016 |
HateU2:you no go enjoy am ?? Na 2 Of us go enjoy am naw |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by EfemenaXY: 9:07am On Sep 18, 2016 |
I'd read about no.4 some years back and actually tried it out myself shortly after giving birth to one of my sons, and yes, he made (crawled) his way up from tummy to bòòbs. 1 Like |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Nobody: 9:10am On Sep 18, 2016 |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by ifyalways(f): 9:20am On Sep 18, 2016 |
EfemenaXY:For real ? Im not surprised it worked with a male child, its in them 3 Likes |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Nobody: 9:34am On Sep 18, 2016 |
EfemenaXY:are you kidding me Na God make them like that oo . Boobs and pusssy 1 Like |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by EfemenaXY: 9:34am On Sep 18, 2016 |
ifyalways: Haha! It worked o! My sister You should have seen him sniffing his way up, turning his head from left to right, but still moving in the right direction. Very determined. Hubby was like, "stop punishing my baby.." Yeah, I agree with you. It must be a male thing, lol! |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by sisisioge: 10:45am On Sep 18, 2016 |
big up for all the cuties in the world! Yipppy! |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Onegai(f): 11:03am On Sep 18, 2016 |
I believe No.2 because as a child it is the only explanation of what happened to a relative of mine. He was playing with a door and knicked off a fingertip. A doctor told us to put it back. He's fine, 43 years later with full fingers. Babies, just like lizards. |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Victorakats(m): 12:19pm On Sep 18, 2016 |
kilokeys: Hahahahahahahahaha Dumb though! |
Re: 5 Surprising Facts About Babies by Randallood: 2:05pm On Oct 13, 2022 |
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