PSYC 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Externalizing Disorders, Primitive Reflexes, Colostrum
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Infants are born with a sucking reflex. Mother"s body hormones increase and produces milk. It changes the hormones, a drop in hormones, then stimulates milk production. When the baby sucks on the breast. First breast milk, filled with lots of antibodies. Continued breastfeeding with complementary food for the first two years or beyond. Produced to be similar to human milk. 1940 recommended by the doctors and became more popular. Formula usually went bad quick and associated with child"s death. 1950 - 1980 increased in the use of formula and led to a decrease in breastfeeding. Associated with mental health issues and behavioural issue. Better health and mental health for moms well. How much stimulation parents provide is associated with breastfeeding. You can randomly assign if you don"t know the answers to the question. Might need to inform the parents about the potential risks. Use statistical procedures to examine the effect of breastfeeding.
