Thursday, June 21, 2012

How Old Are We Really?

When a woman finds out she's pregnant, the doctor calculates her pregnancy starting from the first day of her last menstrual cycle, meaning she would already be one month pregnant even though she had just conceived.

A woman carries a baby for 9 months, or technically 8 months if you don't count back to her last menstrual cycle. 

When a woman gives birth, that day signifies the baby's born day or birth day, and a count down begins until the baby's first born day anniversary the following year. 

But if when a woman first conceives she's already one month pregnant, and if she carries a baby for 9 months -- when the baby is born shouldn't the baby technically be 10 months old already? 

If the baby has been living all this time in our bellies, why wouldn't we count the child's birthday from a woman's last menstrual cycle?

And couldn't babies learn a lot faster if we spoke to them like adults, and taught them things from the time their born, instead of using baby goo goo ga ga talk? 

And by using baby talk, are we only slowing down our child's learning progress?

The Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...

2012 LA