Come to your senses

Question 1

Which is the first sense a baby acquires after birth?

Answer 1

The sense of touch

Question 2

Which is the colour that babies recognise first when their colour vision begins to develop?

Answer 2

Babies observe colour red first then other colours, and by five months of age they can see the full spectrum of colours

Question 3

How far can a newborn baby see?

Answer 3

A baby can see only up to 8 to 14 inches

Question 4

At what age babies can taste salt?

Answer 4

Babies can taste sweet and sour, but it is only by 3 to 4 months of age that their taste buds can recognise salt

Question 5

Adults have about 10,000 taste buds on average. How many does a newborn have?

Answer 5

30,000