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Pink used to be for boys? Pink is a lighter shade of red, which was considered a boy’s colour, as it stands for vigour, valour and a strong manhood. The blue for boys concept only began in 1950s.
The nails that get the most exposure and are used most frequently grow the fastest. The fingers on the hand that you write with, and generally, your longest fingers grow the fastest. On average, nails grow about 1/10 of an inch every month.
When the female embryo is only six weeks old, it makes preparations for her own motherhood by developing egg cells for future offspring. So, by the time a baby girl is born, each of her varies carries about a million egg cells, all that she will ever have.
Exposing your baby to farm animals may ensure that he does not develop any allergies.
An Australian study has shown that pregnancy reduces the risk of both breast and cervical cancers.
Flagiocephaly or flat head syndrome (FHS) is a result of doctor’s campaigns against cot death. In England, when babies began mysteriously to die in their cots while they slept, doctors advised their parents to lay them on their back whenever they were being put down for a nap. Although the rate of cot deaths thereafter sharply decreased, parents were now faced with the strange shapes of the back of their babies’ skulls- hence the term FHS. The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) took action by widely spreading the massage: ‘Sleep on Back, Play on Front.’ It seems to be working.
An adult has fewer bones than a baby. Human beings start off life with 350 bones, but because bones fuse together during growth, we end up with only 206 as adults.
You get a new stomach lining every three to four days? If you did not, the strong acids your stomach uses to digest food would also digest your stomach. The energy used in digestion has officially been associated with ageing, which is why it is advised to eat less and less as you grow older.
The human head is 1/4 of our total length at birth but only 1/8 of our total length by the time we reach adulthood…No wonder babies have such a hard time holding up their heads!
In most of the languages on this planet, the word of “Mother” starts with the letter ‘M’!
Left-handedness can be spotted at 18 months, but may be noted earlier by taking note of the hand that a baby most often puts into his mouth. Although traditionally frowned upon, as many parents forced their children to use their right hand, the healthy common practice has developed of letting the child have his natural way. Today, there are specially designed tools for the left-handed which include scissors, computer mice and golf clubs. Over 51 per cent of the left-handed are male.
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