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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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Newborn Reflexes: A Developmental Timeline From Birth to Integration

A baby's first reflexes are not personality. They are the brainstem doing its job before the cortex is ready. Stroke a newborn's cheek and they root t...

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Essential Newborn Reflexes: What Every Baby Should Have

Within hours of birth, a healthy newborn demonstrates a set of involuntary, automatic movements that have been present since before birth and that rev...

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