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| Eight Infant Sleep Facts Every Parent Should Know | ||
| Read the advice Dr. Sears, an academic and well-known pediatrician, gives to parents in regards to getting babies to go to sleep and having them stay asleep. ( http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070200.asp ) | ||
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| Cultural Influences on Infant Sleep | ||
| Discover more about how culture affects infant sleep. James McKenna, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, provides a cultural background to our thinking about what constitutes "normal, healthy and desirable" infant sleep. ( http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/culturalarticle.html ) | ||
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| Infant Crying and Fussiness | ||
| Read what professionals at the Mayo Clinic have to say about why babies cry and how caregivers can cope with the tears. ( http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00037 ) | ||
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| The Brazelton Institute | ||
| Learn more about neonatal behavioral assessment scales from the Brazelton Institute located in the Children's Hospital in Boston. ( http://www.brazelton-institute.com/ ) | ||
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| Infant Studies Centre: Techniques and Methods | ||
| Explore the techniques and methods used in infant research. The Infant Studies Centre, located at the University of British Columbia, focuses on describing and understanding the critical first steps in infancy that launch the process of language acquisition. ( http://infantstudies.psych.ubc.ca/methods.html ) | ||
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| What Can My Baby See? | ||
| Read this summary of the most important findings about what a baby can see and when each of these visual abilities develops. ( http://www.ski.org/Vision/babyvision.html?id=10 ) | ||
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| Use of Comforting Touch and Massage to Reduce Stress in Preterm Infants in the Neonatal I... | ||
| Find out more about how infants respond to touch. This report summarizes the findings of studies that have described the types of nonprocedural touch received by hospitalized preterm infants and includes a review of studies that have evaluated infants' responses to gentle touch and massage interventions. ( http://www.prematurity.org/baby/comforting-touch1.html ) | ||
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| Gone But Not Forgotten: The Mystery Behind Infant Memories | ||
| Consider the fact that the brain is so strongly affected by what happens in infancy yet we cannot remember any of our experiences. This article explores theories regarding "infantile amnesia." ( http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/infantile-amnesia ) | ||
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