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The Moro Reflex and Other Newborn Reflexes: How They Work

Newborns come with a set of automatic responses that are sometimes startling to first-time parents — a hand reflexively gripping a finger with surpris...

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Newborn Reflexes: What's Normal, What Isn't, and What the NIPE Is Looking For

Most parents witness the Moro reflex in the first 48 hours: lay the baby down too fast and the arms throw out wide, eyes go big, and they cry. It look...

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