It’s the penultimate Fun Fact Friday! We reach the lofty mark of 100 Fun Fact Fridays next week! To mark this occasion we will be bringing our regular Friday interlude to YouTube, whoop! We’d really appreciate it if you would …
Babies Speak Dog!
Despite little or no previous experience with dogs – babies were able to understand the meaning behind different dogs’ barks! A study from the Brigham Young University in Utah, USA, that took place in 2009, looked at 128 infants …
Mumnesia Is Real
Mumnesia (you may have clocked this word a couple of weeks ago in week 95)… you may know it by its more familiar terms – baby brain, pregnancy brain or baby/pregnancy brain-fog. The term “mumnesia” is referencing the changes …
There’s Such a Thing as a Coffin Birth!
Fun Facts are what we’re usually known for on Fridays. However, with Halloween just around the corner, we thought it only fitting to provide you with a “Freaky Fact Friday” instead. If you’re of a sensitive disposition then reading on …
Babies Are Born with 100 Billion Neurones!
Here at Small Acorn, we love “Baby Brains”, from forgetful mums to the contents of newborns heads! The former is more than likely caused by the hormone shifts experienced during pregnancy and after birth, some suggest there is no …
Baby Cages Were Once All the Rage!
There have been lots of questionable parenting practices over the years. We’ve even covered some of the more questionable experiments, such as the 11-day-old exhibiting the swimming reflex from week 64 and the “hanging babies from a stick” experiments …