The world inside an infant's brain is, perhaps, far more complex than ours, with every move focused on survival. How else would you justify Harvard's latest finding that says a baby is programmed to monopolise its mother's attention. Making mama and papa too tired for some under-the-duvet action is a way of making sure, a sibling doesn't arrive.
Hidden in the answers to the questions below are several more little-known-facts. Go, discover.
Three month olds are super sharp, and can tell right from wrong.
Ans: a. According to researchers at Yale University's Infant Cognition Center, babies can actually tell good from evil. Puppets were used to demonstrate good and bad behaviour. One puppet struggled to open a box. A 'good' puppet helped it while the 'bad' one slammed the box shut. More than 80 per cent of times, babies selected the 'good' puppet when presented with both.
Your newborn is lying on the bed. You are standing at a door five feet away. It can spot you.
Ans b. Research has proven that newborns are very nearsighted; their vision only allows them to see people and objects, clearly, when they are within 8 to 12 inches away. Dr Soonu Udani, paediatrician and paediatric intensivist at Hinduja Hospital, says, this happens because a newborn's eyeball isn't fully developed. At times, they can't distinguish between colours other than red, white and black. "Because of this, I tell parents not to clutter a baby's immediate environment," she adds. Within six to eight months, a healthy baby's vision reaches 20/20. Healthy babies gain weight steadily after birth. Ans b After a baby is born, it tends to lose what Udani calls water weight. "Within five days of birth, a baby will lose 10 per cent of the weight it was born with. Thereafter, a healthy baby puts on 10 to 20 grams a day," she says, adding that in pre-term babies, the initial loss could be as high as 20 per cent.
Your infant is wailing despite being fed and changed.
Ans c. This one's a googly for parents to figure. Humans master the art of attracting attention from the womb, and infants use the only tool at hand to get what they want — wailing.
Japanese researchers say infants use 'fake' crying to grab mommy's attention. But the crying could also be a result of stomach spasms that are usually caused by infantile colic (the result of a variety of factors, but usually gastroesophageal reflux).
This, Dr Uday Nadkarni, neonatologist and paediatrician at the Sunrise Group of Hospitals, says, appears as flatulence or frequent vomiting. "If the child vomits once a day, you needn't worry. If it's frequent, and continues after six months of age, consult a doctor."
You enter the room, and your two-week old smiles.
Ans d. We hate to break it to you, but it takes a child at least six weeks to recognise its mother or caretaker. And it's only then that it starts flashing a smile of recognition.
Your infant has a cough and fever. You give it a mild oral antibiotic.
Ans. b. Doctors say it's not uncommon for children to cough since their airways are narrower. "Breast-fed babies rarely get sick. If your child coughs or sneezes, don't give it any syrup or antibiotic, even if accompanied by low-grade fever or diarrhoea," says Udani. Most childhood ailments, she adds, are caused by allergies or viruses that do not respond to antibiotics.
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