Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too!
“Research suggests that the mother’s ability to understand the needs of her infant is very important for establishing a secure mother-infant relationship. However, the neural mechanisms that underlie these behaviors are poorly understood. Such knowledge is crucial for understanding normal as well as abusive and neglectful mothering.”
“Mirror movements are a rare and puzzling phenomenon. Babies often exhibit mirror movements in which, for example, an intentional grasping movement with one hand or a kick with one leg is accompanied by a similar involuntary movement by the other side.”
“One of the most recent issues in the nature versus nurture debate is the effect of breast-feeding on IQ.
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Sherilyn · May 2, 2010 at 9:33 am
I read the article about breastfeeding and how it may help boost the babies IQ over babies who are not breastfed. I did a report last quarter on all the benefits of breastfeeding over formula but we did not find that it boosted IQ. It is very interesting to me to see that after all the positive effects breastfeeding has on the baby and even the mother (helps prevent certain cancers, replaces hormones lost in pregnancy, etc. ) why mothers would still choose to formula feed their babies.
carlysamelso · May 5, 2010 at 11:30 am
After reading the article about the relationship between breast milk and I.Q. I wondered if it was actually the breast milk that affected the higher I.Q. or the environment and socioeconomic group who breast feed the children. My knowledge is that generally better educated individuals tend to breast feed. I’m sure that having this nutritious milk is advantageous but I wonder if the socioeconomic level is also a contributory factor.
EspieW-PSY340 · May 7, 2010 at 12:00 pm
This article caught my eye because I tried to breast feed my first child (but couldn’t), and I did breast feed my second. My choice was to strengthen their immune system, and for mother-child bonding. My son that I was able to breast feed seems to have a stronger immune system. I think breast feeding is good support for general health, but I feel the I.Q. is more related to genetics and environmental factors. I wonder if this study included mothers who breast fed part of the time and mothers who breast fed until the child was weaned.
Lindsey · May 7, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I read the first article about the ability of a mother to understand what their child’s wants and needs are and it reminded me of a show that Oprah did a couple years ago about an actual baby language. Each of the little sounds meant if they were hungry, needed to burped, changed, etc. And the expert who was on talked about it was a universal language that anyone could understand. But I think it makes more sense that a mother would be connected to the baby personally and they would have a specific means of communication and the mother would be the one that could truly understand what the child wanted.
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