After 21 weeks babies have rapid eye movement (REM); a key component to any healthy baby's sleep schedule, that indicates they're now capable of dreaming.
What can they possibly dream about? They have no idea about life outside the womb. No dreams of ginger bread houses and fun things like that.
So dreaming of being upside down in the womb us the best it gets for the soon to be new born baby.
Inside the womb the baby at 21 weeks will have very thin skin that is very red and translucent, and a bit wrinkled. So they will kind of resemble E.T's glowing red finger.
It's memory also develops at this stage, like with the dreaming, it can't be much use to the baby, it's like having a super power that you can't use. Like penguins having wings but not being able to fly.
Surely the big man above should of switched on dreaming and memory for babies once they are born. Why waste it before when they will lose it 80 years on in their life!
On a separate note, while looking for a picture of E.T's finger I saw this....
Not sure who this is aimed for?
Children or Adults?
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