Fascinating Baby Facts!

Here are some cool facts about babies that you probably didn't know!


A baby cannot taste salt until it is 4 months old. The delay may be related to the development of kidneys, which start to process sodium at about that age. In China, a baby is born with a birth defect every 30 minutes. Birth defects in that country have increased nearly 40% since 2001. The protein that keeps a baby’s skull from fusing is called “noggin.” Newborns are more likely to turn their head to the right than to the left. A newborn urinates about every 20 minutes and then roughly every hour at 6 months. A baby is born in the world every three seconds. The largest number of babies born to a woman is 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. In the United States, more babies are born in late summer and early fall than in other times of the year. February tends to be the month when the least babies are born. Research has shown that cesarean babies are more likely to have breathing difficulties, as it is thought they may miss out on important hormonal and physiological changes that occur during labor. The grasp of a newborn baby is so strong that its whole body can hang in midair, with its bent fingers supporting its weight.