Sleep
The Role of Physical Contact in Falling Asleep
Physical contact in the settling process is the subject of much parenting advice, most of it focused on whether it will create a "problem." This frami...
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Play
Touch-Based Games to Support Infant Development
Before infants can see clearly or understand language, they experience the world primarily through touch. The skin is the largest sensory organ, and f...
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Emotions
The Role of Physical Contact in an Infant's Emotional Development
The question of whether it is possible to hold a baby "too much" reflects a cultural anxiety that has little basis in developmental science. For infan...
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Emotions
How Emotional Bonding Between Mother and Newborn Develops
The idea that bonding happens in a single magical moment at birth is one of the more persistently unhelpful myths in perinatal care. While some mother...
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Care
Kangaroo Care for Premature and Sick Newborns
A premature or sick baby in a neonatal unit, surrounded by monitoring equipment and lines, can seem untouchable. The impulse parents feel to hold and...
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Parenting
Baby Massage: Benefits, Technique, and Evidence
Touch is the first sense to develop in utero and remains the most important channel for early parent-infant communication. Baby massage formalises and...
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