Sarah Yang
Fun Facts and Stats About Babies
We’ve crunched the numbers and rounded up the most fascinating (and surprising) facts about babies.
267 : The number of baby photos you’ll have on your camera phone...after the first week.
$96,261 : Estimated “salary” a stay-at-home mom would make if she were paid for all her nanny, chef, chauffeur and other household roles, according to Investopedia.com.
715 : Loads of laundry you’ll end up doing before your baby turns one.
141 : The number of times during baby’s first year that you’ll realize you’re acting like your own mother.
16 : The number of pounds one Texas baby weighed at birth last year (whoa!).
14 : How many years the name Jacob has been at the top of the Social Security Administration’s Popular Baby Names list.
320 : The number of diapers baby will go through in a month (that’s a lot of poo).
2 : How many years the name Sophia has been at the top of the Social Security Administration’s Popular Baby Names list.
50 : The number of social events you’ll pass up to stay home with baby during the first year.
1 in 30 : The number of babies born a twin in 2009, according to a study from Michigan State University. In 1980, it was 1 in every 53 babies.
4,000,279 : The number of US births in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 3 percent less than in 2009.
2 : Months you’ll have to wait before baby’s first smile. It’s worth the wait!
20 : The number of times a week you’ll tell your husband, “Oh, just let me do it!”
$234,900 : US Department of Agriculture’s recent estimate of how much parents spend on their child over 17 years.
32,400 : Minutes you’ll spend breastfeeding in baby’s first six months (if you exclusively nurse).
3 : Percentage of births that are twins.
84 : Number of diapers you’ll go through in baby’s first week.
150 : Crying sessions during baby’s first year (we’re talking about you, mom, not baby — including happy and sad tears).
50+: Percentage of babies born today who will live to be more than 100 years old in major industrialized nations.
6,989 : Babies conceived on Valentine's Day in 2012 (New Year's Eve also ranks high).
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