2. From birth to toilet training, a baby goes through an average of 8000 diaper changes.
3. Newborn babies can only see in black and white for a few months.
4. Between 1838 and 1960, more than half the photos taken were of babies.
5. A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his body.
6. Baby foreskins are commonly used in cosmetic treatments.
7. 1 in 5,000 babies is born without an anus opening.
8. As late as 1985, doctors believed babies didn't feel pain and conducted surgeries with no anesthesia.
9. Babies have three times as many taste buds as adults.
10. James Harrison has donated blood over 1,000 times saving over 2 million unborn babies from Rhesus disease.
11. Over 90% of women who learn that they are carrying a baby with Down Syndrome, will choose abortion over keeping their baby.
12. Women who snore during pregnancy are more likely to have smaller babies, according to a study.
13. Parents of new babies miss out on 6 months worth of sleep in the first 2 years of their child's life.
14. Brazil distributes women's breast milk around the country to babies whose mothers can't provide it for them.
15. Breastfeeding a baby may reduce by 22% a woman's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study says.
16. Every year, about a million girl fetuses are aborted and tens of thousands of girl babies are abandoned in China because of the country's one-child policy.
17. Neuroscientists believe babies don't dream for the first few years of their life.
18. Illegal baby names in New Zealand include Lucifer, Christ and Messiah.
19. More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
20. Premature babies are more likely to be left-handed, many studies suggest.
21. Breastfeeding actually changes the way a mother's brain works, making her more attuned to the child's crying.
22. Every 30 seconds, a baby is born with a birth defect in China.
23. Babies are born with self-awareness which allows them to differentiate their bodies from other people's.
24. After an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City in 1985, nearly all newborn babies survived a collapsed hospital for 7 days without nourishment, water, warmth or human contact.
25. Babies are born with no bacteria in their bodies.
26. During pregnancy, if the mother suffers organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to repair the damaged organ.
27. Postpartum depression in fathers is very real: about 10% of men report symptoms of depression following the birth of a child.
28. 255 people are born every minute.
29. The birth rate for twins has increased 76% since 1980.
30. Newborn babies of both sexes can produce milk.
31. At birth, a baby's eye is about 75% of the size of an adult eye.
32. 60% of South Korean families use professionals to find a name for their babies.
33. Babies have accents. French babies cry will end with a rising note, while German babies have a dropping note at the end of theirs. They pick up on this in the womb.
34. Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf because of a condition known as "cochlear ear-kiss injury."
35. A baby's brain can use up to 50% of the total glucose supply, which may help explain why babies need so much sleep.
36. Babies who are not crawling by the time they reach nine months are more likely to suffer from learning and behavioural problems.
37. Women undergoing abortion after 18 weeks gestation sometimes give birth to a fetus that may survive briefly. It happens in about 4 per 100,000 abortions.
38. A baby is born on its predicted due date just 4% of the time.
39. In some remote Indian villages, babies are dropped from the tops of temples and caught by adults below—it's believed to bring good health.
40. Two and a half times more Barbies are sold every year than babies are born in the U.S.
41. Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 years.
42. Babies cannot recognise themselves in a mirror until they are at least 18 months old.
43. Noah and Emma were the most popular names in the U.S. for boys and girls respectively in 2014.
44. 20 babies born in Britain since WWII have been named Adolf.
45. Breast-fed babies poop more than bottle-fed babies because breast milk is a laxative.
46. In Japan, there's a 'Crying Sumo' contest, where wrestlers compete to see who can make a baby bawl first.
47. An unborn baby can taste what its mother is eating and develop a preference for the foods that she eats.
48. A study found that nearly 16,000 American babies are born premature each year at least in part because of air pollution.
49. The UK is the first country in the world to allow the creation of babies from the DNA of three people.
50. About 5% of babies of both sexes can lactate.
51. Germany, Denmark, Iceland and other countries have official rules about what a baby can be named.
52. When a mom feels depressed, her baby's cells might feel it, too. At just 18 months old, young children can show biological evidence of added stress.
53. Babies in Britain, Canada and Italy cry more than elsewhere, says an International study.
54. Babies remain calm twice as long when listening to a song as they do when listening to speech, according to a study.
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