"The Secret Life of Babies"｜The magical secret of babies

Can you believe that a baby can still be alive after falling into the water for 5 or 6 minutes on a cold day? Don't believe it, this is a real case of "The Secret Life of Babies".

In the general impression, babies are fragile lives that need our careful care. However, the fact is that babies’ lives are far more tenacious and powerful than we imagine.

1. Babies have excellent water properties.

Put the baby into the water, and the baby's arms and legs will naturally make swimming-like movements. We call it the swimming reflex, which appears when babies are born and disappears by 4-6 months. After 6 months, this reflex gradually disappeared.

There is a very interesting phenomenon. Although many people are good at swimming as babies, many people become landlubbers when they grow up.

British mother Kate took her 6-month-old son and pet dog for a walk on the coast. When the mother went to chase the dog, the stroller was blown by the wind and then slipped into the cold sea water.

When he was rescued, five or six minutes had passed. Little Sam's face was pale and his body was limp. The lifeguard performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the baby and then rushed him to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital felt that they were rescuing a dead baby. The mother was also very sad and thought, "He has been underwater for too long, and he will definitely not be able to be saved." ”.

But five hours later, little Sam miraculously recovered.

Doctors believe that the reason why the baby can recover is because the baby's immature body structure prevents water from entering the baby's lungs. The larynx that is higher than an adult does not allow water to enter the lungs, but the stomach. And humans' instinctive reaction in extreme cold conditions causes the baby's brain to automatically shut down, while also slowing down the death of brain cells.

But this probability is only one in a million.

It is this mechanism that inspired a technique in neonatal intensive care units: babies are sometimes deliberately cooled so that their brains are not damaged.

The drowned baby is now almost 2 years old. He has not suffered any physical or psychological trauma and is active and active every day.

2. The baby’s survival weapon - cuteness

Who would have the heart to reject a cute little cutie? This stimulates our motherhood and makes us better. of taking care of babies.

So cuteness is also a weapon, which is also reflected in kittens and puppies.

3. The world in the eyes of babies

(1) Blurred vision

Within two months of birth, the baby’s vision is extremely blurred, and the best focus position is 20 centimeters away from the face, which is exactly the distance between the mother's eyes and the baby's eyes when breastfeeding. In the process of communicating and interacting with babies, we always instinctively move closer, which happens to allow babies to see our faces.

(2)? Weak sense of color

Have you ever experienced the scene where the little mythical beast at home is waving paint and scribbling? This is because newborn babies have a weak sense of color. , will have a special liking for bright colors.

(3) Developed hearing

Baby is born with a fully formed inner ear and can hear the mother's voice and familiar sounds, such as sounds heard repeatedly during pregnancy.

(So education should not only start from the baby, but also during pregnancy. Prenatal education is also very important!)

But the baby’s hearing is not perfect, and the sounds he hears There will be little echoes, and our often slow and repetitive speech happens to take care of the baby.

What is incredible is that babies like to listen to loud sounds. Babies who ride in a car will feel safe returning to the womb, so there is a phenomenon of "falling asleep as soon as they ride in the car".

4. Long-term sleep

Babies begin to perceive the world from birth, and their daily experiences are a huge amount of information, and sleep can efficiently process the information accumulated during the day.

The sleep time of babies in the first three months is about 16 hours a day, but don’t think that they are sleeping deeply. At this moment, their brains are developing at a high speed, and the neurons in the brain are undergoing rapid growth. connection to help them develop the ability to survive independently more quickly. Scientists have discovered that babies can sense and pick up the emotions of those around them even while they are sleeping.

5. The brain's super adaptability

We have all heard of the word "stroke". Even if the elderly's brain is only slightly damaged, it will cause irreversible consequences. of harm.

But babies are different. The smaller the baby, the more adaptable and moldable the brain is.

The little boy Thomas has epilepsy and has more than 100 seizures every day. His parents must monitor him 24 hours a day. An electroencephalogram scan later revealed that half of his brain was swollen and misshapen.

Doctors recommend brain removal surgery because the younger the baby, the more adaptable the brain is and the more likely it is that after some parts are removed, the relevant functions can be restructured into the undamaged parts.

What is surprising is that Thomas’s epilepsy was cured after the operation. Although his fine motor abilities were still lacking, other aspects quickly caught up with the development indicators of normal babies.

Of course, the premise of these is that parents continue to accompany their babies in rehabilitation training. The more repeated training, the more neuron connections in the baby's brain will be connected, allowing the brain to develop.

6. Babies do not have kneecaps at first.

Babies have more bones than adults, and many bones will merge during development.

But babies have no kneecaps when they are born, so they can only crawl at first.

After repeated falls, the baby learns to walk, and the cartilage on the knee will turn into bone.

7. Don’t like to eat vegetables

Scientists believe that in the process of human evolution, there is a self-protection instinct: not to be harmed by poisonous or thorny plants.

So every time we feed our babies green leafy vegetables, it seems particularly difficult.

Other studies have found that babies always like to eat the food that their mothers ate during pregnancy, and the more messy the babies eat, the faster they learn because they can learn about solids, liquids or The difference between ordinary pastes.

8. Super language learning ability

I don’t know if we have noticed that babies can make many strange sounds when they are young, but as they grow older, they gradually become unable to make them. Such a sound.

Research shows that babies as young as 6 months old can recognize the differences between 150 sounds in any language in the world. Babies can quickly master the language of that country in which they grow up, but it will be difficult for them to learn other languages ??when they grow up.

A pair of twin babies whose parents are both hearing-impaired, but they are Before entering the nursery school, I learned sign language from my parents. After entering the nursery school, I learned spoken language.

Now the 2-year-old twins can use spoken language and sign language at the same time.

9. Development of self-awareness

We have heard the term "terrible two years old" a lot. Why do babies suddenly become "disobedient" when they are about 2 years old? Woolen cloth?

Don’t misunderstand the baby. The more difficult the baby is, the better his self-awareness has developed. At this time, they begin the biggest exploration in life. At first, they are aware of their reactions, but soon the self-awareness reaches its most difficult stage, and they feel that the world revolves around them.

So, at this time, they will be labeled by adults as "unreasonable, unreasonable, disobedient, naughty children" and so on. In fact, they urgently need help from their parents at this time. We must guide them well, let them know the rules and order of this world, and help them better understand themselves and explore the world.

This is a stage that every child goes through.

To this day, there are still many secrets of babies that have not been discovered by us. This little life contains the incredible miracle of life.