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COVID-19 uncovers an urgent need for more evolutionarily aligned approaches to infant-care. Honorary Associate Professor Peter Hill. 2020 Baby April 2020

Dr Pamela Douglas15th of Jan 202417th of Jan 2024

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Homo sapiens environment of evolutionary adaptedness bathed the infant in rich environmental stimulation, both social and non-social. Because of this, 21st century babies still thrive best in the context of diverse and complex sensory-motor experience, and when loving adults and older children respond to the baby and grow increasingly long and complex social reciprocity chains. The latest neuroscience proposes the primacy of motor development for optimal developmental outcomes. Motor development is enhanced by experiences of postural variability and sensory-motor stimulation from the beginning of life. Dr Pamela Douglas and Honorary Associate Professor Peter Hill, public health physician and global health policy expert, reflect upon the potential risks of infant sleep training practices, which problematise sensory-motor stimulation, during a time of social isolation.

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