10 Evidence that the newborn child is not as weak as it seems at first glance

Evidence that the baby is several times stronger than his mother, shock anyone ...

The maternal instinct tells women that children are too fragile beings and therefore need constant guardianship and protection from the outside world. Science, however, thinks differently: certainly, scientists will never recommend checking their discoveries on real babies, but there is no doubt that they are right.

1. If you put the child on the mother's stomach, he crawls to her breast without help

Not only young mothers, but also their children are overwhelmed by instincts bestowed by nature itself. Newborns themselves are drawn to the breast of the mother, because they are attracted by the smell of nipples - the most powerful olfactory "marker" known to them. It is similar to the aroma of the amniotic fluid in which the baby is in the womb, so it is associated with warmth and comfort. By the way, if the amniotic fluid remains in the baby's arms, he begins to suck his fingers.

2. Most babies have the innate ability to swim and dive

95% of kids have a talent for feeling in the water no worse than on land. During swimming, the number of heartbeats is reduced by 20%, and the blood flow slows down - these changes eloquently show that the child does not fear the water. Dive reflex helps to preserve oxygen for the heart and brain, which adult swimmers learn for years. This ability helps the child to survive for a while under water. But much more surprising is the fact that after reaching the age of 6 months, all of the above abilities suddenly disappear.

3. In the womb of the mother, children grow a mustache and hair on the body, which they eat

Each child in the womb of the mother grows a mustache and hair on the body, when the first trimester of pregnancy passes. First, the hairs appear above the upper lip, and within the next month they grow throughout the body. This hairline is called lanugo - and it disappears a couple of weeks before it comes into being. Hairs fall out and are absorbed by the fruit, without lingering in the intestines.

4. Fetus restores the mother's body during pregnancy

If during the gestation of the child the mother receives any injuries, the fetus forms a concentrate of stem cells to restore it. Minor impairments of the internal organs are also corrected by the child without the intervention of doctors and medications. For example, when a mother develops heart failure during pregnancy, the woman recovers almost instantaneously.

5. Until 1905, babies were operated without anesthesia

Previously, infants had to be even stronger, because no one even thought about giving them anesthesia during surgery. At the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, doctors seriously believed that newborn children do not have a conscious memory, which eliminates the need to introduce an anesthetic. The reason for such shocking rules of conducting operations were animal studies: the luminaries of science believed that children do not show pain, in just a spinal reflex.

6. They have a unique respiratory system

A newborn has the ability that adults can dream of: he can breathe and swallow at the same time. Children have it up to 9 months: closer to the year begins the formation of the articulatory apparatus and the lowering of the larynx and this skill is lost. In addition, children breathe twice as often as adults. They also do not know how to breathe through the mouth - the skill is acquired later, during the first nasal congestion.

7. The newborn acts on the mother as a drug

The baby is not harmful to the health of the mother and does not cause her dependence, but definitely delivers her pleasant sensations. Direct contact with your child provokes a surge in the concentration of oxytocin in her body - a pleasure hormone, a relaxing muscle and relieves even severe pain.

8. The kid's fingers do not leave any prints

At each adult person fingerprints are strictly individual: they represent a fat trail. And in children, secretory activity is reduced, so it is simply impossible to remove a full fingerprint. For the same reason, small children in water quickly wrinkle their skin.

9. A newborn can be lifted into the air by a grasping reflex

He has developed a grasping instinct, which allows him to respond quickly to a touch. The child reflexively grabs everything that falls on his little palm and fixes it. Scientists say that it can even be raised above the crib at the expense of this reflex, but do not recommend repeating it at home: children can suddenly release their grip.

10. Children begin to learn the language and intonation of the mother even before their birth

The assertion that children's crying does not have a nationality and accent contradicts reality. While still in the womb, the infant adopts the rhythm and intonation of the mother tongue from the mother, and when born, copies it in its own way. In science, this phenomenon is called only "melody of crying".