Benefits of touch for newborns
Touch is your baby's first sense to develop, starting around 7 weeks of pregnancy. Once your baby's born, touch plays a key role in their bonding process with you as you feed, cuddle, and bathe them. Touch is also an important way to soothe and calm your baby – they thrive on skin-to-skin contact with you.
A few benefits of Newborn touch can:
Enhance babies' awareness of being loved, accepted and safe.
Improve sleep patterns for babies.
Improve digestion and elimination for babies.
Reduce fussiness for babies and increase their comfort in their environment.
Improve neurological function in babies.
Increase weight gain for premature and full-term babies.
Increase lactation production for mothers.
Reduce postnatal depression for both parents.
Improve relaxation for baby and parents.
From the first embrace to the lasting bond, babies and parents can benefit enormously from learning their "first language" — touch — creating a strong start toward a lifetime of nurturing affection and good health. You are you baby’s first teacher.
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