Pulse by the Numbers
Nine seconds Twenty Three months Forty Weeks Fifteen Hours Seven months 12 months 18 months Five years Fifteen years Sixteen years Eighteen years Twenty-one years One hundred sixty to one hundred eighty One and ninety-six one hundredths minutes Fifty-three Two billion three hundred sixty-six million seven hundred sixty-nine thousand four hundred fifty It takes a couple on average three months to conceive life. It takes Forty weeks to carry a baby to full term. It takes an average of fifteen hours of labor to give birth. It takes seven months for that baby to learn to crawl. It takes 12 months on average for our children to start taking steps. Your child needs eighteen months to begin talking. We start kindergarten after five years of life. We relish or regret our first kiss about fifteen years in. It takes us sixteen years to enjoy the freedom of driving a car. We earn the right to vote or fight for our country only after putt...