| Newborn babies have no kneecaps | |
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| True | False |
| True! newborn babies have a structure made of cartilage that resembles a kneecap, but they don’t fully develop until around 6 months of age. | |
| Babies born in the month of February are the heaviest | |
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| True | False |
| False! research has shown that babies born during the month of MAY are the heaviest, weighing around 200g more than babies born in any other month of the year. | |
| Newborn babies have no tears | |
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| True | False |
| True! Newborn babies are unable to produce tears until around three weeks of age – this is because their tear ducts are not fully developed at birth. There will be no proper tears shed at least for the first 3-4 weeks. | |
| Babies are born with 200 bones | |
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| True | False |
| False! Babies are born with 300 bones! that is 50% more bones than that of adults. A number of these bones fuse together during the first several years, bringing the total bones down to 206. | |
| Most babies have a birth mark | |
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| True | False |
| True! 80% of babies are born with some sort of birth mark. Most birth marks are caused by tiny blood vessels under the skin becoming dilated during labour and usually disappear after a few years. | |
| Your baby knows your taste in music | |
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| True | False |
| True! From around four months into your pregnancy, your baby is able to hear sounds and music, so you might find that music you played frequently during your pregnancy helps to calm your baby after delivery. | |
| Babies can swallow and breath at the same time | |
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| True | False |
| True! babies have the unique ability to swallow and breathe at the same time until around 7 months of age. This is why babies can feed without stopping! | |
| Most mammal mothers carry their kids on their right side | |
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| True | False |
| False! Regardless of whether they are left- or right-handed, human and other mammal moms tend to cradle their babies on the left side of their bodies, especially in the early months. Why? The brain’s right hemisphere is where emotions are processed, so holding and observing the baby on the left may help transmit social information to the right side more efficiently. Babies seem to prefer to keep their mother in the left visual field, too. | |
| "Mommy Brain" is not real | |
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| True | False |
| False! Roughly 50 to 80% of moms report what’s sometimes called “mommy brain,” the brain fog and mental bloopers associated with pregnancy and new motherhood. Researchers found mothers lose gray matter during pregnancy—and these losses endure for at least two years. However, the brain zones used for processing and responding to social cues might get more efficient in pregnancy! | |
| Twins are more likely to be right-handed | |
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| True | False |
| False! Twins are more likely to be left-handed! Only about 10% of the world’s population is left-handed, but twins’ prevalence is much higher. | |
| Twin moms can live longer | |
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| True | False |
| True! Being a mom to two little ones isn’t as bad as it may seem. Compared to singleton mothers, moms of twins have a longer life expectancy, according to a research made by the University of Utah. | |
| Newborn babies are born with accents | |
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| True | False |
| True! Research has shown that babies pick up their mother’s accent during the third trimester of pregnancy and this accent is even reflected in how a baby cries after birth! | |