parenting 101: a crash course for new parents (editable PPT)

•A newborn baby’s head accounts for about ¼ of its entire weight.

•In Medieval China it was not unusual for a mother to breastfeed a child until the age of seven.

•It is possible for a fetus to get hiccups.

•Newborns cry 90% of the time.

•Some newborns have a strong sucking reflex and a pacifier may help them adjust to the new world.

•You cannot spoil a newborn.

•Newborns can focus on objects approximately ten inches away.

•Three month old babies prefer faces over other patterns.

•At nine weeks babies prefer high-contrast black and white mobiles to colored ones.

•A newborn’s hearing is fully mature at birth.

•Newborns favor simple linear patterns.