Fun "Mom" Facts and Trivia - Avg. weight gain, most popular birth month, etc.

wootownlady

Saw these U.S. stats online and thought I'd share. 

First-time Moms: Average age of new moms is 25, vs. 21 in 1970

Kids: Modern moms average 2 kids (1950s: 3.5 kids; 1700s: 7-10 kids)

4.3 babies are born each second

Diaper Changes: 7,300 by baby's 2nd birthday

Diaper Changing Speed: Moms take 2 minutes, 5 seconds (adds up to 3 40-hour work weeks each year!) , vs. 1 minute, 36 seconds for dads

Giving Attention: Preschooler requires mom's attention once every 4 minutes or 210 times / day

Chores: Women average 2.2 hrs / day, vs. 1.3 hrs / day for men

Laundry: 88% is done by moms, totaling 330 loads of laundry & 5,300 articles of clothing each year

Most Kids: Mrs. Vassilyev of Russia gave birth to 69 children between 1725 and 1765

Oldest Mom: Rosanna Dalla Corte gave birth to a baby boy when she was 63 years old in Italy in 1994

Heaviest Newborn: Signora Carmelina Fedele gave birth to a 22 lb 8 oz boy in Italy in 1955

Most popular birth month: July

Most popular birth day: Tuesday

Most popular birthday: October 5

30 Pounds: Average weight gain during pregnancy

Baby Gender Gap: 105 boys born for every 100 girls

First Year Baby Costs: $7,000 of baby items before 1st birthday

Cost of Raising a Child: Middle-income families spend $242,070 to raise a kid to 18 (not incl. college!)

Most Popular Names of 21st Century
Baby Girls: Emily, Madison, Hannah
Baby Boys: Jacob, Michael, Joshua

Research suggests that moms who give birth later in life, live longer

Having kids may make you smarter

BunnyMendelbaum

I'm not sure I believe the diaper one. 0-2nd birthday is 730 days. So an average of 10 diapers a day? Seems high.

marilyn049

Fun! thanks for sharing.

PS: 69 kids in 40 years??! ouch!

wootownlady

Our DC changes the kids every 2 hours, and when you account for blowouts and those instance where you change their diaper twice in 5 minutes, I believe it

Mason&Mama

BunnyMendelbaum:

I'm not sure I believe the diaper one. 0-2nd birthday is 730 days. So an average of 10 diapers a day? Seems high.

Agreed. 10/day sounds about right in the beginning. We are down to about 5-6/day at ones years old, and we have been at the point for about 6 months.

sbevmc09

Diaper Changing Speed: Moms take 2 minutes, 5 seconds (adds up to 3 40-hour work weeks each year!) , vs. 1 minute, 36 seconds for dads

I'm surprised by this.  You'd think moms would be faster (or whomever is the primary caregiver, which usually just happens to be moms).  Maybe it's because dad doesn't do as good a job as mom does?  Although, I think MH and I are about the same speed.  He changes his share of diapers!  

I believe the average of 10 diapers before 2nd birthday.  You go through A LOT of diapers at first, which will drive the average up as well.  We still probably average 6-7 diapers per day and DS is 2 1/2 and STTN and takes a 3 hour nap during the day.

bearkatjen

sbevmc09:

Diaper Changing Speed: Moms take 2 minutes, 5 seconds (adds up to 3 40-hour work weeks each year!) , vs. 1 minute, 36 seconds for dads

I'm surprised by this.  You'd think moms would be faster (or whomever is the primary caregiver, which usually just happens to be moms).  Maybe it's because dad doesn't do as good a job as mom does?  Although, I think MH and I are about the same speed.  He changes his share of diapers!  

I believe the average of 10 diapers before 2nd birthday.  You go through A LOT of diapers at first, which will drive the average up as well.  We still probably average 6-7 diapers per day and DS is 2 1/2 and STTN and takes a 3 hour nap during the day.

I believe it, DH does have near the attention to detail I have when cleaning our child's butt. It's definitely a rush job.

Karschingham

that was interesting! DD was born on Tuesday October 5th...haha

jessalared

Um a 22 pound baby???? Whatttt?!?!