10 curious facts about babies born in winter

… learn better

In general, this has nothing to do with the effects of the weather. It’s just that winter children are usually several months older than their summer peers, unless, of course, their parents send them to school a year earlier. And at this age, even a few months are important. Children are better prepared for school psychologically, better developed, so they often become teachers’ favorites. And they usually get the best marks on tests.

… larger than summer

These are just statistics. Research from Harvard and the University of Queensland in Australia has shown that winter children are usually taller and heavier, and have larger head circumferences than summer children. The nature of this phenomenon is still unclear. But scientists will surely find out everything soon.

… are less likely to suffer from multiple sclerosis as they grow up

Scientists attribute this to exposure to sunlight and vitamin D, which the sun supplies to the body of a pregnant woman. It turns out that even in the womb, the baby is “vaccinated” against multiple sclerosis. Children born in the summer are not spoiled by sunlight during the prenatal stage of development. But the fact that winter children do not receive enough sun in the last months of pregnancy affects the health of their bones: they are more often fragile.

… are more likely to be born prematurely

This is due to the fact that it is higher in winter to catch the flu or some other virus. And after an illness, the likelihood of giving birth ahead of time increases significantly.

… behave better

Why so, scientists also do not know. This is, again, statistics. Many experts are inclined to attribute this fact to the effect of sunlight on a pregnant woman. But how exactly vitamin D is connected with the further behavior of the baby has not yet been found out.

… are more likely to suffer from depression

When mom is in the last months of pregnancy, she often does not have enough sunlight. After all, the day is shorter, and when there is snow porridge and ice on the street, you really don’t go for a walk. Due to this lack of light, children are more likely to face mental problems with age.

… get sick more often

Just because it’s winter, it’s full of viruses and seasonal infections. And the immune system of a newborn baby is not at all ready to fight them. Therefore, protect winter children from various acute respiratory viral infections especially carefully.

… need skin hydration

In winter, both outdoors and indoors, the air is drier than in summer. At home, we can easily deal with this simply by putting on a humidifier. But on the street there is nothing to be done. Therefore, the skin of babies often dries up and needs additional moisture. But you need to do this correctly – make sure that these components are not in the baby cream.

… do not like the regime

Due to the fact that in winter we spend more time indoors and more often turn on the electric light, children get confused, it’s night in the yard or day. Therefore, do not be surprised if your winter baby starts frolicking all night long and sleeping peacefully during the day. By the way, scientists also found out that winter children like to go to bed early. There is a hypothesis that this is due to the fact that their internal clocks are set for early sunsets.

… are more likely to suffer from asthma and diabetes

As for asthma, it’s again a matter of the weather. Due to the fact that we sit at home more in winter, the baby “gets to know” such unpleasant neighbors as dust and dust mites. Therefore, the risk of allergies, and then asthma, is higher. In addition, winter children are slightly more likely to have food allergies. Why, scientists have not yet figured out.

And about diabetes – the sun is to blame. A study from Columbia University found that there is a relationship between low sun exposure in late pregnancy and the risk of developing type XNUMX diabetes. So January children need to be very attentive to themselves and carefully monitor nutrition and activity.

… they start to crawl earlier

Scientists at the University of Haifa found this out – it turns out that the season when a child is born affects the development of his physical activity. A baby born in autumn or winter will crawl earlier than spring and summer.

And also winter children live longer – this has already been found out by American scientists. If the last months of pregnancy are in the hot months, it has a bad effect on the health of the fetus and the life expectancy of the baby.

… often become doctors or accountants

These two career paths are more often chosen by January children. They are meticulous, scrupulous, punctual, perseverance is their way of life, and therefore it is not so difficult for them to master the at first glance boring science of accounting. And in medicine, learning is not an easy task. At the university alone, it will take six years. And then another internship … By the way, January children very rarely become realtors. This job requires sales skills, you need to communicate with people a lot, and this is not about the kids in January.