Well, high touch had been shown to benefit the baby’s physical development and contributes to a positive attachment relationship between the mom.
- They gain more weight and had larger increases in body length and head circumference.
- Stimulated infants had fewer illnesses and clinic visits.
- Gentle touch has been shown to facilitate physical and psychological functioning, particularly in terms of reducing stress, relieving pain, increasing the ability to cope, and general health ratings.
- Participants in a study examining the effectiveness of therapeutic touch as a treatment for managing pain due to fibromyalgia experienced a significant decrease in pain and reported a significant improvement in quality of life.
High touch sounds good in theory, but in practice I think the baby should start to learn to live on it's own...too much "high touch" will cause the parents to be zombies...LOL
Well, I dun doubt that you do have a lot of physical touch with ur baby~
We all should~
But think about when they were in the womb, bascially 9 months~
Everyday, every second is physical touch~
So when they r out, compare to in the womb, it's a lot less physical touch for them~
So they do need LOTS and LOTS~ lol~
SIDS peaks when the baby is around 2-4 months. Most of them do not know how to roll over at this age. Sleeping on the back is the safest position because it's least associated with SIDS. VGH (Vancouver Women's Hospital), they all suggest newborns sleep on their backs all the time. The Early Childhood program could be correct too because they're probably talking about babies at a different age, probably older ones, but for newborns it's very important that you follow the guidelines to prevent SIDS. Although the chances is not high, I wouldn't take the risk at all!
The seven SIDS risk-lowering steps:
Give your baby a healthy womb environment.
Do not allow smoke around your baby ?pre or postnatally.
Put your baby to sleep on his back or side, not on his stomach.
Breastfeed your baby.
Give your baby a safe sleeping environment.
Avoid overheating your baby during sleep.
Practice the "high-touch" style of attachment parenting.
Haha~
They do like sleeping tummy side down which is why we put them to sleep like that in the daycare~
They do seem to fall asleep better and sleep better when they're tummy side down~
Tilting his head mite cause trouble breathing and block his airway..~
But it's a very small chance~
Do becareful tho~
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