pamper our children! In the text "the children remember the birth of David Chamberlain and specifically in the chapter entitled" Growth Through stimulus "we read of how the new field of study on infant stimulation reveal many advantages of a greater, not less, contact with the infant. (For years, there have even considered unfortunate children of the countries of the South that were not brought by their mothers in strollers, but they were still wrapped in shawls!) E 'showed how even a small amount of attention in most close to the birth can make a difference in health, growth and learning.
stimuli may be proposed in various forms but the first and primary stimulus should be placed within the mother and family after the birth you hold your baby next to you, embrace it, and Fondle allattatelo . Infants seem to be well accepted this stimulation and seem to grow on it. The physical, emotional and mental condition of your child can be encouraged through so much more attention and stimulating exercises. Spend more time with him will reward you nicely planned.
Pediatricians Jonh Marshall Klaus and Kennell 17 experiments carried out with only the time variable. The babies immediately after birth, spent just 15 minutes with his mother smiled more and cried less than those taken directly to the nursery: the whole is revealed during the finds made 3 months later.
One study found that immediate contact between mother and child results in a more advanced language skills and intelligence in a more acute. In this group of 28 mothers, the first half remained with their child for an hour after delivery, and for 5 hours daily for 3 days. The second half gave a quick look at the baby after birth and has had brief relationship in the next 12 hours and half an hour during the hours of feeding. By the end of the month the differences between the two groups of infants were already evident. The testing of the same children in the second and fifth year of age showed that those who had more contact with the mother immediately after the birth had a higher score well on IQ tests and gave evidence of greater understanding lexical richness of vocabulary and ease of expression.
Several studies have shown that babies who are touched more tend to grow faster than the weight, get taller, grow faster the motor coordination and muscle control. When parents who have established a direct contact with their children are seen in their company later months and years will show greater interest and affection towards them. The children have a more confidence, act in a more peaceful, secure, and the first smile more often and interact in a more personal way with the mother than do children who have been deprived of these additional attention.
A pressing need for stimulation is seen in premature or underweight babies. Ruth Rice, nurse and psychologist, has shown that a precise ritual that caresses and massages can help these children catch up with their neurological development. In Florida in a nursery full of babies weighing less than one kg, psychologist Tiffany Field has organized a program of pampering duration 15 minutes 3 times a day. It included strokes, and upright positions, movement of arms and legs and a final massage - all things that every mother would be able to do.
The effect of this stimulation after only ten days proved to be extraordinary. Babies of this experimental group showed an increase in average daily gain of 47% with an identical number of meals and calories - a metabolic magic! The same infants were also more alert, more physically active and have shown greater tolerance to noise that could distract them and that they were better able to calm and soothe and left the hospital six days sooner than expected. When they were tested 8 months later, the "graduates" of this program be longer, stronger head with a more developed and there were few signs of neurological problems compared to their counterpart who was in the same nursery but who had received routine care.
No wonder then how the massage more than the 'isolation' is indicated for the baby!
maternal power can also save a baby in grave danger. In Bogota, Colombia infants weighing less than one kg (and 50% survival) were saved by the "Kangaroo Care". Instead of putting them in the traditional incubator pediatricians have decided to wrap up-to-head between the breasts of the mother to be transported anywhere. With breast milk, the heartbeat, the voice and the constant activity of the mother facing their infection rates, mortality and disease have suffered a meltdown and 9 out of 10 babies survived.
This does not that can motivate both as a teacher and as a mother-infant massage to emphasize the importance of loving touch before and after birth in order to create a special bond with the baby.
I wish all the people who are convinced that massage, pay attention to the newborn to be synonymous with "vice" or worse "a waste of time" to read this study and look into the eyes of your child understand how often we apparently stopped and the superficiality of things ... But do not forget that, as we read in the "Little Prince", is essential is invisible to the eye!
Excerpt from my report for diploma AIMI
