But what about the emerging infant’s POV?
Who knew, however, that a sophisticated culinary palate can be developed while still in utero?
Or that babies (of either gender) can grow mustaches before they can even grow hair?
Or that a newborn’s first pee can resemble red, yellow, or green Pixy-Stix dust?
Kind of like a cloud of electrical eyeshadows in vibrant spring hues.
Or something like that.
Just think about that the next time you start playing with your iPhone’s artsier camera prefs.
Not to worry, though.
Just think of your little one as a little Stretch Armstrong of sorts.
You may grow a mustache, and eat it
This is a bizarre one.
At about four months gestation, some fetuses grow mustaches.
So there’s a lubricant aspect to the whole thing, as well.
Bio-psychologist Julie Mennella of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia toldPsychology Todaythat such a theory makes perfect sense.
So how do newborns adjust to such jarring temperature changes?
Brown fat and soaring thyroid levels, that is.
“At birth, a baby’s thyroid level is sky-high,“Dr. Auerbach toldParentsmagazine.
You might even be able to psychically hear your mother’s thoughts.
It’s notthatoutlandish of an idea (or is it?)
considering the mysteries of the parent-child bond.
So happy trails, and happy birthday.
