Babies can smile in the womb, even before they are born. A baby’s earliest smiles are reflex smiles, not an attempt to imitate or engage with adults. As babies grow, they develop more social skills and control over their movements. According to some experts, most babies begin regularly smiling between 6 and 12 weeks of age. […]
A mother has given birth to New Zealand’s first set of quadruplets in four years.
Brett and wife Joanne Wills on Saturday became the proud parents of New Zealand’s first set of quadruplets in four years. Fraternal siblings Esther (1.024kg), Lucy (1.461kg), Jonathan (1.647kg) and Oliver (1.316kg) were born in that order at Wellington Regional Hospital over a 15-minute period from about 2pm. The babies were premature, 31 weeks and one […]
A mother delivered quadruplets several months after undergoing brain surgery.
Katie Sturm had nearly gotten over the shock of learning she was pregnant with quadruplets when in February she suffered a seizure at work. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which was removed at UT Southwestern in March. Then 18 weeks later, on July 3 and in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic surge in Texas, […]
A woman in Kazakhstan is said to have given birth to twins with nearly a three-month age gap.
A 29-year-old woman in Kazakhstan reportedly gave birth to her twins almost three months apart. According to Women’s Health, Liliya Konovalova welcomed a baby girl named Liya on May 24, but her son, Maxim, didn’t arrive until earlier this month, on Aug. 9. “My son was in no rush to come out into the world,” Konovalova told […]
Touching tale of two lifelong companion cats and their bond.
A Touching Story of Two Cats Who Have Been Each Other’s Lifelong Companions L𝚊szl𝚘 𝚊n𝚍 L𝚎st𝚊t (c𝚊t 𝚋𝚛𝚘th𝚎𝚛s) h𝚊v𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚊 𝚋𝚘n𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊i𝚛 sinc𝚎 th𝚎𝚢 w𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚛n. Th𝚎𝚢 w𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊s 𝚙𝚛𝚎m𝚊t𝚞𝚛𝚎 kitt𝚎ns in 𝚊 𝚋𝚊ck𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚍 with𝚘𝚞t 𝚊 m𝚘th𝚎𝚛 in si𝚐ht. O𝚛𝚙h𝚊n Kitt𝚎n Cl𝚞𝚋 t𝚘𝚘k th𝚎m in 𝚊l𝚘n𝚐 with th𝚎i𝚛 𝚘th𝚎𝚛 si𝚋lin𝚐s. L𝚎st𝚊t w𝚊s th𝚎 […]