Are you expecting anytime soon? Welcome to the club! In America, there are more babies born in the summer compared to other seasons. It is not the worst time to give birth to your infant. Besides exposing your newborn to fewer germs, your baby could get a lot of sunny days, and it would mean more strolls in the park.
As a mom, you might be curious as to what could happen to your baby's future. Here are some fun facts that you should know, so you know what to expect.
Happy baby
Babies born during summer equates to a sunny, and cheerful disposition. Researchers ar Vanderbilt University exposed mice to summer light cycles. They found that the subjects had a lower risk of seasonal affective disorder, also known as winter depression. Apart from that, the mice were also at less risk of developing bipolar depression and schizophrenia.
Small chances of becoming the CEO
If you feel that the little one you will soon meet will become the next CEO of the largest company, do not keep your hopes up. Researchers from the University of British Columbia studied birth dates of some 375 to 500 companies' CEOs. They found that only 6.1 percent of them were born in June, and 5.9 percent in July.
More likely to be taller
A study found that babies born between months from June to August were more likely to be taller as adults. The team also found that they were heavier at birth than their winter counterparts.
More likely to have dyslexia
In 1993, a study published by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It stated that as much as 71 percent of dyslexia cases were from babies born during the early summer.
Naughtier and wilder
Researchers from the Australia's Queensland University of Technology studied birth months of about 5,000 kids ages four to five. They had the children take a behavioral screening questionnaire and found that summer children have a harder time with consideration of others and temperament.
Not to mention, the children also have a difficult time sharing, concentration, and ability to make friends. Note that summer months in Australia are from November to January. The team guesses that the mom could have received lesser sunshine during pregnancy. They noted that a lack of vitamin D could affect the baby's temperament.
Smarter female babies
A neuroscientist at Columbia University Medical Center studied the gray matter in the brains of summer and winter borns. He found that men born in June had less compared to their December counterparts. Women, on the other hand, had the opposite results. Summer-born female babies had more of that gray matter. Science even says that thicker gray matter makes a person smarter.
Optimistic people
Scientists in Britain and Sweden ran a survey and asked people to share their birth date. They asked the subjects to respond to 13 different statements about their personality and belief in luck. Data showed that people born during the winter were more likely to answer in a pessimistic way than those born during summer.
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