Some facts on Mothers Day

in the U.S. Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers.

Trivia about Mothers...

• There are 84 million mom's in the U.S.
• The youngest mother on record was Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at the age of 5 years and 7 months.
• The odds of a woman delivering twins is 1-in-33. Her odds of having triplets is approximately 1-in-539.
• August is the most popular month in which to have a baby.
• Kentucky has the highest percentage of women who are mothers at 67%. The national average is 57%.
• About 4 million women will have babies this year.
• The median age of a woman giving birth for the first time in the U.S. is 24.8.
• Daughters keep in closer contact with their mothers than do sons. (Pew Research)
• There are more phone calls made on Mother's Day than on any other day of the year. (Pew Research)
• The number of people calling their moms on Mother's Day has declined in recent years due to e-mail and other electronic means of communication.
• While nearly 80 percent of Americans will buy a card for mom this year, 83 percent of the cards will be purchased by daughters. (American Greetings)
• Mother's Day is the third-largest card-sending holiday.
• Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants.  

Some Motherly Advice...

• Always change your underwear; you never know when you'll have an accident.
• Don't make that face or it'll freeze in that position.
• Be careful or you'll put your eye out.
• What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
• You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
• Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
• If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
• Don't put that in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!