You probably already know a few things about babies. You know that they take a while to recognize people. You know that they understand, instinctual, who their mothers are within moments of being born. You probably already know that babies develop at vastly different rates. There are no exact dates for any of the major development milestones. The fact is that most people do not quite grasp just how intricate a baby's development really is. The infancy period is one of the most interesting of all areas of human development. Even within the first few years of a person's life there are millions of fascinating changes. Even though it doesn't look that complicated the truth is that growing up is fraught with challenges and changes!
At birth a baby's skull has yet to fuse together. The non-fused skull is one of the reasons that so many adults are afraid to hold newborn children. If you are not careful when you are handling your baby's head, you could accidentally do quite a bit of damage so tread lightly and carefully when you hold your newborn! Thankfully, after a few months, the soft spot won't be so soft or nearly as sensitive as it is right after birth. Don't get too careless though because it can take as long as eighteen months for the frontal skull plates to harden all the way!
Some babies already have teeth when they are born-did you know that already? Still other babies are born with no hope of having their teeth come in until they hit their first birthdays.
A baby's first teeth are momentous and dreaded by many parents. Don't spend a lot of energy worrying about how your child's teething schedule compares to other children. There is no guarantee when it comes to childhood development even in a family with lots of kids-your baby will grow at the pace that nature has intended for him and him alone.
It's pretty much common belief that babies learn to smile long after they have entered the world. Smiling is often attributed to gas or the baby's having to go to the bathroom-at least until it reaches a few weeks in age. Nobody thought that smiling could be instinctual; instead it was widely regarded as learned behavior. Common thought said that learning how to express happiness was harder for babies than learning how to express displeasure (which is usually done through crying). Now it is apparent that this has always been wrong. Advances have been made in ultrasound technology and more parents are seeing images of their children smiling while they are still in utero. Many doctors are now able to print out pictures for families that show the new baby smiling before he or she is born. The belief now is that the birthing process is traumatic for the baby and that it takes a while for the baby to get over it and "learn" to smile again.
At birth a baby's skull has yet to fuse together. The non-fused skull is one of the reasons that so many adults are afraid to hold newborn children. If you are not careful when you are handling your baby's head, you could accidentally do quite a bit of damage so tread lightly and carefully when you hold your newborn! Thankfully, after a few months, the soft spot won't be so soft or nearly as sensitive as it is right after birth. Don't get too careless though because it can take as long as eighteen months for the frontal skull plates to harden all the way!
Some babies already have teeth when they are born-did you know that already? Still other babies are born with no hope of having their teeth come in until they hit their first birthdays.
A baby's first teeth are momentous and dreaded by many parents. Don't spend a lot of energy worrying about how your child's teething schedule compares to other children. There is no guarantee when it comes to childhood development even in a family with lots of kids-your baby will grow at the pace that nature has intended for him and him alone.
It's pretty much common belief that babies learn to smile long after they have entered the world. Smiling is often attributed to gas or the baby's having to go to the bathroom-at least until it reaches a few weeks in age. Nobody thought that smiling could be instinctual; instead it was widely regarded as learned behavior. Common thought said that learning how to express happiness was harder for babies than learning how to express displeasure (which is usually done through crying). Now it is apparent that this has always been wrong. Advances have been made in ultrasound technology and more parents are seeing images of their children smiling while they are still in utero. Many doctors are now able to print out pictures for families that show the new baby smiling before he or she is born. The belief now is that the birthing process is traumatic for the baby and that it takes a while for the baby to get over it and "learn" to smile again.
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