Baby Body Wonders
View(s):- At around the 28th week of pregnancy, babies can begin to smell the same smells as their mother. In fact, the amniotic fluid enhances a baby’s sense of smell.
- Researchers say that a baby’s brain is like a lantern: it is vaguely aware of everything. An adult’s brain, on the other hand, is more like a flashlight, consciously focused on specific things but ignoring background. Scientists suggest that creative people have retained some ability to think like an infant.
- Will you grow tall? We know that childhood development depends not just on what genes you inherit from your parents. For instance, even if your dad and mom are tall, you may be short if you don’t get enough nutrition. That’s why it’s so important that kids eat well and get plenty of exercise.
- Do you know a lot of words? Babies whose parents talk to them frequently know 300 more words by age 2 than babies whose parents rarely speak to them.
- Babies are born with the ability to taste sweet, bitter and sour; however, they can’t taste salt until they’re
- months old!