What I learned about baby development

Did you know just how perfectly formed babies are?

You know the bible verse in Jeremiah that speaks about God knowing each of us before we were formed in the womb...How amazing that is...and then you learn about the intricacies of the factual process of how exactly a baby is formed in the womb and then develops once born...and you have to think...wow...God is amazing!

Let me explain..did you know that the left side of a babies face forms seperately but at the same time as the right side of their face...and then during the early weeks of gestation the two sides fuze to form the "whole" face...the proof of this is our little Philtrum (the indented line running from your nose to your lips)..this happens as the sides fuze...its kind of like a scar...in a way :)

One of the most captivating tidbits about a babies development in utero is that the brain is fully developed by I believe 10 weeks of age...wow!

Once the baby is born development becomes more exciting!

Did you know that a baby is born with "Fatter" or "Chubby" cheeks for a reason. Yep, thats right...those chubby cheeks are also there not only to add more room for loving kisses but also to help protect baby from choking. The tongue in babies is enlarged when they are first born...well..not enlarged...but when compared to the rest of their oral cavity (aka the mouth) the tongue is rather large...

Did you know that having the tongue and the chubby cheeks act together to prevent food or other objects from choking a baby! God is good! He built in protection to keep safe our precious gifts!

Oh...this is cool too...did you know that the tongue in an infant is actually higher in the back of the mouth (raised)...and yep...you guessed it...this also helps to protect baby. The infants mouth is actually designed when they are first born to only take and accept liquids into their mouth...and since the way that their tongue moves is also a designed pattern (aka sucking & suckling) a baby does not use all of the taste buds on their tongue....because they do not use the whole surface area of the tongue when they feed...only the back portions...sooooo....if a baby is given a liquid that is bitter in taste they will automatically spit it out...because bitter taste does not taste good on the back part of our tongue...

Yep! You guessed it, another protection mechanism built in by God! Babies are designed to reject liquids that could be potentionally bad...I guess we should have known...the were designed by the Master Creator!

More cool things to come later :)