Quite a lot happens in the first year of your life!

在你人生的第一年，會發生很多事。

Unlike all my human friends, I was created from a few special pixels, but things are a bit different for you!

我跟我的人類朋友們不太一樣，是由幾個像素創造出來的，但你們可就不一樣了！

So what really happens in the first year after you're born?

所以在你出生後的第一年內，究竟發生了甚麼事呢？

To begin, let's take a look at that sweet noggin of yours.

首先，先來看看你可愛的小腦袋吧。

That's right, I'm talking about you're brain!

沒錯，就是在說你的大腦。

When you're born, your brain has about all of the neurons that it will ever have.

當你出生時，你的腦袋就會擁有所有它該有的神經元。

It doubles in size in the first year, reaching about 80 percent of its adult volume by age 3.

在第一年會增大一倍，大約 3 歲時會達到成人大腦體積的 80%。

The volume of your cerebellum increases substantially during year one, which appears to be related

在第一年你的小腦體積會大幅增加

to the quick development of your motor skills in this time.

這似乎與你此時期的運動技能快速發展有關係。

Your power of recognition also dramatically shoots up, tied to significant growth occurring in the hippocampus.

你的認知能力也會劇烈的提升，與海馬迴的顯著生長有很大的關係。

Everytime I say hippocampus, I always think about a bounch of hippos go in the college.

每次我說到海馬迴，我總是會想到一堆河馬跑去學校裡。

It makes me smile.

這畫面讓我發笑。

All joking aside your synapses are also formed at a faster rate in the first year or so of you life than at any other time.

不說笑了，你的神經突觸也會在出生第一年左右快速形成，比其他時候更快。

Your brain actually seems to create more synapses than it needs, eliminating some later on in

實際上你的大腦似乎產生了比需求還多的神經突觸

a process called "pruning".

在之後會有個修剪的過程，稱為「突觸修飾」。

Furthermore, the language circuits in your front and temporal lobes are influenced strongly by the language your infant ears hear.

此外，嬰兒小耳朵聽到的語言會強烈地影響大腦裡額葉及顳葉的語言迴路。

By your first birthday, you can probably say your first couple of words! And I hope one of them is blocko.

在你的第一個生日，你可能可以說出一些簡單的單字！而我希望其中一個是 Blocko。

But what about other parts of your little body?

但你嬌小身體的其他部份呢？

From birth to about six months of age, babies typically grow about 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters

從剛出生到 6 個月大，通常嬰兒每個月會成長 1.5 至 2.5 公分

a month and gain about 5 to 7 ounces a week.

而且每週增加 5 至 7 盎司體重。

From six months to a year, a baby may grow around 1 centimeter a month and about 3 to 5 ounces a week.

從 6 個月大到 1 歲，嬰兒每個月大約會長高 1 公分，每週增加 3 至 5 盎司體重。

It's normal for babies to go through brief periods where they stop gaining weight, or

對嬰兒來說，短暫的停止體重上升或甚至減少一些都是很正常的

even lose a little, but babies typically triple their birth weight by the end of their first year in this wonderful world.

但通常在他們來到這個奇妙的世界一年後，體重會上升至 3 倍之多。

And while that scale is likely reading triple the amount it once did, you might have already taken your first few steps!

而當體重達到 3 倍之多時，你可能已經可以走幾步路了！

Babies typically start the walking process around year one.

嬰兒通常在第一年左右就會開始走路。

You've also probably started to feed yourself.

你可能也可以開始自己吃飯。

Babies tend to master the “pincer grasp” at around this age, meaning you can hold small objects with those cute, little hands of yours!

嬰兒這個年紀通常可以精通「橈骨抓握」，意思是你可以透過自己可愛的小手抓住小東西。

My hands are just blocks, but I still think they're pretty cute.

我的手是方塊狀的，但我還是覺得它們很可愛。

It also seems like love and nurturing care is very important to our development early on in life.

看起來愛與教養照顧在我們生命早期的發展非常重要。

With a recent study that looked at young brains, children whose mothers or caregivers nurtured

最近一項針對年輕大腦的研究，母親或照護者在早期有好好照料孩子的話

them early in their lives had brains with a larger hippocampus.

他們的大腦會有較大的海腦迴。

The children that were cared for and nurtured more were found to have hippocampal volumes

那些有好好照料、養育的孩子們被發現海馬迴的體積

around 10 percent larger that children who were not as nurtured.

比那些沒有好好養育的孩子們大了 10%。

Not only can a caregiver's nurturing be good for the development of a child, it might

照護者的養育不僅僅是對孩子的發展有好的影響

also be physically changing their brains!

也有可能實質地改變他們的大腦！

Awww, who's a good, smart baby! They grow up so fast.

噢，誰是又聰明又可愛的孩子啊！他們長好快。

So what do you think is the coolest thing that happens to you in the first year of your life?

所以你覺得在你人生第一年發生的最酷的事是甚麼呢？　

Let me know in the comments below, my friends!

在留言區留言讓我知道，我的朋友們！

Make sure you come back every Monday for a brand new video.

記得每週一回來看新的影片。

As always, I'm Blocko and this has been Life Noggin.

一如往常，我是 Blocko，這是 Life Noggin。

Don't forget to keep on thinking!

別忘了繼續思考！