In case you were curious...

I stumbled upon these interesting, and also very random baby facts!

* A baby is born every seven seconds.

* Babies are born with very poor vision but can recognize their mothers
almost right away.

* Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery
their eye color can change.

* Babies are born with swimming abilities and can naturally hold their
breath. However, they shortly lose this instinct.

* Newborns usually double their weight by six months.

* Playing classical music really will increase a babys intelligence.

* Reading to your child at ANY age will increase their knowledge.

* Babies and toddlers are, pound for pound, stronger than oxen. This is
especially true of their legs.

* Babies are born without kneecaps.

*Men are officially the best at changing diapers! Research shows that the average time taken by a woman to change baby is 2 minutes and 5 seconds, whereas the average man takes 1 minute and 36 seconds... so make your man change some diapers!

*Air fresheners may cause diarrhea and earache in babies say scientists. They found that infants in homes where air fresheners and aerosols were used every day were 32% more likely to suffer from stomach and ear complaints.

*One in five toddlers can open medicine and chemical bottles with child-resistant tops. Yet, i have a tough time getting those bad boys open...go figure!

*Is your babe righty or a lefty? Researchers say It’s decided as early as 10 weeks gestation. They've found that babies in the womb actually favor one hand over the other, the same one they’ll prefer to use in life.


...and also just because it is entertaining...human facts:


* Women blink twice as many times as men do.

* Eyes are the most active muscles in the whole body.

* There are about 550 hairs in the eyebrow.

* The life span of a tastebud is 10 days.

* Humans have almost 10,000 taste buds.

* The colder the room you sleep in, the more likely that you will have a bad
dream.

* The human body is better suited for two four-hour sleep cycles than one
eight-hour one.

* The jawbone is the hardest bone in the human body.


And now you know! Don't you feel so enlightened?!