Being close to a caregiver and being touched regulates all of the survival brain functions; it boosts physical health; stabilizes heart rate, breathing, blood glucose, blood oxygen, body temperature; builds the immune system; improves sleep; promotes breastfeeding or chestfeeding success and weight gain; decreases pain perception; decreases crying episodes and duration; and activates infant speech motor areas and imitation of sounds. It boosts mental health by lowering stress and anxiety for the baby and parent(s), enriches infant-parent interactions, increases baby smiling, promotes bonding,
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