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What knowledge will my baby have pre-installed?

Sunday saw the due date of our baby come and go. We're now patiently waiting. Having waited 40 weeks, what's a few more days?

I have been thinking about what our little new born will know 'out of the box' so to speak.

Before meeting her, these are the things I'm thinking she'll know...
  • The sounds of her mum's voice and laugh
  • Milky things are good
  • Crying gets help
  • Cling-on for safety
  • How to look cute and adorable

No service packs or bug fixes

Unlike cameras or Windows, once born there will be no service packs or bug fixes to apply. Our baby will be an autonomous learning robot. She'll have to be capable of learning all the things she'll need to know in the future, right from day one.

What else? What about safety?

I guess there's loads of protective instincts that come later; bitter tastes mean poisonous, snakes are bad. But most lessons will have to be learnt the hard way; fire is hot, gravity and heights etc.

 

Update: Now Abigail has been born, I know. And how amazing by the way! Her immediate reflex was to feed. Abigail was handed to me whilst they mended Clare and she was trying to feed. This included her fingers, the blanket, her fist, her top lip. Oh and crying, she knows how to do that!!


News flash! I just discovered two new clever tricks babies come pre-installed with... Babies will not eat when they have a dirty nappy! It must be to prevent them eating bacteria. Also, she has a special survival head turning reflex; when laid flat, her head will turn to the side to spit out any up-chuck she chucks-up. How very clever!





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