Children make life funny, unpredictable, and sometimes even crazy, but incredibly happy. They impress with their spontaneity, sincerity and confidence in the world. But are adults aware of the lives of toddlers and older children? This article contains the most unusual and interesting facts about children.
Amazing facts about the smallest
When a newborn appears in the house, it seems so fragile and defenseless ... Incredible, but this impression is largely deceptive. Kids have unusual abilities that make them more resilient than they seem. These interesting facts about children of a very young age have been proved by scientists, but new parents should not check their “performance” at home.
- If you dip your baby in water for up to 6 months, instincts will make him hold his breath and swim like a dog. After the baby reaches six months of age, if this unconscious skill has not been fixed, it disappears.
- Up to the same age, infants have a unique ability to simultaneously breathe and swallow. After 6-7 months, babies lose this feature. But after six months of life, they learn breathing through the mouth, for babies of an earlier age, air enters only through the nose.
- In newborns, a grasping reflex is highly developed . The baby can be held in the air for a while, clinging only to the fingers of an adult. At the same time, it was proved that in a child of the first days of life, the seizure is stronger than in a month-old baby.
However, you should not experiment with this feature: in spite of the power of tiny palms, the baby can disengage his fingers at any time.
Touching features of babies
It is impossible to get enough of:
- cute features of babies;
- their funny habits;
- their first "aha" and laughter.
The appearance of a child in the family is associated not only with chores and lack of sleep, there are at least 3 charming reasons why people decide to become parents.
- Even before birth, the child learns to distinguish his mother by smell and voice.
- Infants are the most smiling people: the average baby smiles 200 times during the day. The baby will begin to do this consciously in 1.5-2 months. Up to this point, parents can be touched by an angelic smile in a dream, which is also called "wandering".
- Babies affect mom like a real drug. Even during pregnancy, the woman’s body produces a specific hormone - oxytocin. He gives high spirits and serene calm. During childbirth, a powerful release of oxytocin is provoked. And subsequently, new doses of the hormone enter the body when a woman:
- cares for her baby;
- touches his skin;
- kisses the top of the head;
- wears and shakes on hands;
- feeds him.
Children - Superpowers
Some children's abilities and features are incredibly surprising. At first glance, it may even seem that only Hollywood superheroes have such capabilities. It’s amazing that in fact these interesting facts about children concern every person up to a certain age.
- The young organism has the ability to regenerate. If, through negligence, the child has lost part of the finger (within the nail plate), it is likely that the restoration of the damaged area will occur without medical intervention.
- At the very beginning of life, the brain of a newborn shows a staggeringly rapid growth: 1% daily.
- Infants can sleep without closing their eyelids, with their eyes open.
- Being in the womb, the unborn baby can heal her damaged organs, sending "to the aid" of stem cells that are unique in their properties.
Children - "transformers"
Newborns have almost 100 bones more than adults. Gradually they unite, transform, and their number becomes smaller. Up to this point, the bones of babies are more flexible and springy, better adapted to shock. This explains why children often fall, but rarely get serious fractures and injuries.
Another difference in the structure of the skeleton is the absence of patella in newborns. Their formation can drag on up to 6 years of age.
Interesting facts about children from other countries
Cultural differences in different countries concern not only eating habits, philosophical views or accepted social norms. Approaches to the upbringing of the younger generation beyond the borders of their native state have their own significant differences. Interesting facts about children from other countries provide an opportunity to better understand the mentality of its inhabitants.
- In some eastern countries, it is customary to consider age not from the moment of birth, but from the moment of conception, that is, newborns are born already 9 months old.
- In Japan, there is a ban on words that give a clear negative assessment - bad, bad. For example, near the school parking lot there is a sign with a picture on which bicycles are level. And one more where they are sloppy thrown. On the first, the inscription reads: “So good children put bicycles”, and on the second - “So good children do not put bicycles”.
- Women from Nigeria are recognized as the real world champions for the birth of twins or twins: as a result of every 11 births, more than 1 baby is born. But in Japan this happens much less often - 4 cases per 1000 pregnancies.
However, there is something in common that unites all countries. In almost all languages ​​of the world, “mom” and “dad” sound very similar, because these are the first sounds that the baby is able to make.
Interesting facts from life for children
It is joyful for each parent to collect interesting facts from the child’s life as a keepsake. Moms are popular in maintaining a special album where they can record the achievements of their baby:
- the day when a tooth erupted in the crumbs;
- date of first steps and words;
- weight and height by month, palm and foot size.
Children are the most curious creatures on the planet. An average kid aged 3-4 years old asks 900 questions daily, and very soon he begins to interest him. It will be useful for parents to keep in their minds the most interesting facts for their children. And when the child becomes an adult, such an album will forever retain pleasant memories.