Baby Bits
Percent of mothers in the U.S. who’ve posted photos of their children ages 2 and younger on social media: More than 92
Percent who posted sonogram photos before their babies were born: 34
Percent who created an e-mail address for their babies: 7
Cost of an Exmobaby biosensor kit and pajamas, released in 2011, which enables parents to monitor baby’s heart rate, movement and emotions from a computer or mobile phone: $57 to $109
More years of education completed by children raised by bookworms over children raised in homes with few books: 3
Average payment to surrogate mothers for bearing a baby for an unrelated couple: $25,000 to $35,000
Percent of surrogate mothers who say they’re motivated by compassion and not money: 99
Number of military moms given baby showers by Operation Showers of Appreciation since former Marine Kimberly Felshaw of San Diego founded the charity in 2008: More than 500
Percent of military families who need financial aid: 60
Minimum age that California law allows babies to be filmed commercially, prompting critics of the movie “Babies” to claim a violation in filming San Francisco baby Hattie: 15 days
Maximum minutes per day California infants are allowed to be on camera: 20
Percent of births in the U.S. that take place at home: .9
Percent in the Netherlands: 30
Sources: PC Magazine Online, dcTechSource.com, Psychology Today, Women’s Health Weekly, People Weekly, OperationShowersofAppreciation.org, PersonalMoneyStore.com, CNN.com, ABCNews.go.com
