why babies are cool -Faith Brooks(8)

babies are really cool
1. newborns only have about one cup of blood in their body when they're born
2. babies have 60 more bones than adults
3. they're born with no bacteria in their bodies
4. parents lose up to 6 months of sleep the first two years of having a baby
5. newborns can only see in black and white for the first few months
6. breastfeeding your baby can reduce your risk of Alzheimer's by 22%
7. as late as 1985, doctors thought that babies didn't feel pain, so they didn't give babies anesthesia during surgery
8. they have three times as many taste buds as adults
9. premature babies are more likely to be left handed
10. over 90% of women who are carrying a down syndrome baby will choose to get an abortion instead of having the baby
11. woman who snore during their pregnancy are more likely to have a small baby
12. kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf, due to a condition called Cochlear Ear-Kiss Injury
13. a baby can't taste salt until it's four months old
14. a newborn urinates about every 20 minutes
15. a baby is born every three seconds
16. newborns don't have kneecaps when they're born & they don't fully develop them until they're six months old
17. babies can't breathe and swallow at the same time
18. babies forget most of the first three years of their life, which neuroscientists refer to as "infantile amnesia"
19. babies are strong enough to lift their own weight when they're born
20. babies are basically just screaming when they're crying because they don't shed tears until they're 3-12 weeks old
21. every baby grows a mustache, which then spreads all over its body & is consumed & excreted by the baby
22. a baby begins to gain awareness of its gender by the age of 3, then acts accordingly
23. newborn babies habe a natural swimming reflex to swim for the first four to six months of its life