#infanthealth

Psychology | Psychology

Parental Touch Reduces Pain Responses in Babies' Brains - Neuroscience News

Skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn reduces how strongly a baby's brain responds to pain.

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

#Breast-Feeding the #Microbiome

In an excerpt from his new book, “I Contain Multitudes,” Ed Yong explains how a mother’s milk helps strengthen her baby’s microbiome and brain.