10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Toddlers

10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know about Toddlers

Right from a pea in the womb till the time they are fully grown, the journey of a toddler is nothing less than a miracle and here are some interesting facts about toddlers which will amaze you: 1. Hearing: A new-born baby is smart enough to recognize the source of sound right after 10 minutes of landing. Toddlers pick high frequencies of sounds better than adults.

2. Growth: The rate at which toddlers grow in their first year is immense and if they continue to grow at the same speed, they will turn out to be 17 ft. tall. Since the first six years are crucial so good diet and nutrition is important!

3. Energy: You are nowhere close to the energy of a toddler. Having said that, a toddler can expend energy equal to that of an adult who ran 30 miles!

4. Awesome twosome: The toddlers are the most active at 2 because this is the transition phase of being independent so some tantrums have to be allowed.

5. Ambidextrous: Toddlers use both hands proficiently and it is somewhere between 2-3 when one hand overpowers the other.

6. Brain development: The development in the grey matter is the most from birth to 3 years. A 3-year-old child has 1000 trillion brain connections which are twice that in adults.

7. Cuteness overloaded: Every single feature of a baby is a sign of evolution and good enough to make you fall for the little one.

8. Human speech: When you talk, your toddler responds to it because they love human speech and try to imitate it.

9. Keenness to learn: A toddler has an aptitude to learn new words quickly. A 2-year-old learns about 5 new words of varying difficulty every day.

10.Genetics and environment: These two factors go hand in hand in shaping your toddler’s personality.

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