Friday Fun Facts

Red eyes & yawns all after many cups of coffee and what you think is a nights sleep. Attention new parents; your little bundle of joy on average is depriving each of you around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year.  If you're a single parent those numbers almost double to about 600-750 hours in the first year. When you do a little calculation that is about one entire nights sleep per week, 52 sleepless nights in the first year. If you ask most any parent...it's worth every lost second of sleep. 

Fun Facts Friday

It's right there in Black & White...

Did You Know?

All newborns are far-sighted at birth, at close range they see only shadows. At about 10 weeks of age a babies cone of vision increases from 30 degrees at birth to 180 degrees. Although at this age a baby cannot see minute detail, they are strongly attracted to points of high contrast. Playing with toys that are primarily black & white or wearing black & white clothing is wonderful way to stimulate your baby's senses. Introducing as much black & white into your baby's surroundings for the first six months of life is truly benficial. High-contrast colors (black,white & red) easily capture & hold a baby’s attention. This encourages visual development along with physical activity – such as kicking, waving their arms and wiggling about. One certain thing that experts and parents both agree on is that along with high contrast items one of baby's favorite points of focus is their parents faces — which works out really well because parents love to look right back at baby.