When you have a premature baby it's amazing
what you learn through the process. In fact,
both parents had just started anti-natal and
parenting classes but obviously missed some
of the information that they would have
learnt. But here are some interesting facts:
Babies
grow excess amounts of body hair but loose
this hair while in the womb. That is why
Layla looked a bit hairy when born.
The
sucking mechanism in a baby does not come to
bare until 35 weeks old, which Layla is now
showing signs of since her 35 week began.
Premature babies and even full term ones
have breathing pauses that can worry
parents. This is a natural occurrence and is
well known. Rubbing the feet of the baby can
help circulation.
Studies show that when moms of preemies
breastfeed, the milk they produce is more
rich in proteins and has slightly different
fats than later breast milk. It's specially
designed to help a premature infant through
those first difficult weeks.
Even
though some may think that premature babies
may have future physical or psychological
problems etc studies show that these
relationships cannot always be defined. Just
look at some of these famous people who were
premature babies:
Albert Einstein
(who also couldn't speak to age 3)
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
John Keats
Mark Twain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Renoir
Sir Winston Churchill
Stevie Wonder
Thomas Hobbes
Victor Hugo
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
