18 Amazing baby facts

The heaviest baby weighed 10 kg (22 pounds) at birth. Tweet This

Babies suck their thumb in womb. Tweet This

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day a national holiday. Tweet This

Each baby develops a specific cry which the mother can easily recognise. Tweet This

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A baby can read tone and will respond to it, not to the words you say. Tweet This

At age of six months, babies can distinguish between individual monkey faces. Few months later, they lose this ability. Tweet This

Babies can smile instinctively. They don’t copy us as even blind babies can smile. Tweet This

When a Navajo baby laughs for the first time, the whole family organises a party. Tweet This

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When a pacifier falls on the ground, you could put it in your mouth before giving it back to the baby. Studies say, this way you strengthen his immune system. Tweet This

When a baby dies on the Indonesian island of Tana Toraja, the family cut a hole in a tree and place the dead body inside. The tree closes around the baby and absorbs it. Tweet This

In 2010, a Canadian man saved the life of an abandoned baby. Later, he found out that he was the baby’s father. Tweet This

Every baby grows a fine moustache in the womb. Tweet This

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In Finland, expecting moms receive for free a “starter box” of baby clothes, diapers and toys from the government. Tweet This

In Detroit, a man caught a baby that fell from a window. A year later, while the man was walking in the same street, the very same situation occurred and he saved the baby’s life again. Tweet This

By the age of three, children are aware of their gender and begin to act accordingly. Tweet This

One can distinguish French, German, and English babies just by the way they gurgle and cry. Tweet This

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When a baby Panda is born in a zoo worldwide, it is sent back to China. Tweet This

In 1909, a baby was given away at a lottery game at the Seattle World Fair. Tweet This