The foundation for social communication is present from birth, with newborns preferring to orient to faces over non-faces and caregivers over strangers. Between 9-12 months […]
Infants’ language skills more advanced than first words suggest
Babies can recognize combinations of words even before they have uttered their first word, a study suggests, challenging ideas of how children learn language. Assessments […]
Higher red cell transfusion threshold offers no advantage for treating preterm infants
Very low birthweight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that providing a higher threshold of red cells […]
Bottle-fed babies could be ingesting more than 1 million microplastics every day
A study estimated bottle-fed babies around the world consume, on average, more than 1.5 million microplastic particles a day. The shaking and heating involved with […]
Receiving flu vaccine during pregnancy can protect infants as well as mothers
New research by the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton has shown the positive effects to newly born infants and mothers of receiving the […]
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Even infants at low risk of peanut allergy should eat peanut early
Children who do not consume peanut during their first year of life are more likely to be allergic to peanut at age three, according to […]
Infants may not be as immune to measles as thought
A surprising new study upends the notion that antibodies passed from mother to fetus protect infants from measles for as much as a year. In […]
After the birth: How many years will it take until the parents can again sleep normal
That babies and small children for sleepless nights of worry, is probably familiar to every parent. How much sleep is compromised, researchers at the University […]
Study shows effectiveness of dietary fat in preterm infants in reducing fungus that can lead to infections
The more we learn about our microbiota—the teeming community of bacteria and fungi that inhabit us—the more complex it seems. Take one of the common […]
Infants born to obese mothers risk developing liver disease, obesity
Infant gut microbes altered by their mother’s obesity can cause inflammation and other major changes within the baby, increasing the risk of obesity and non-alcoholic […]