Babywearing Research

Some new research has shown the positive effects of the close contact between infants and caregivers while babywearing, especially for vulnerable babies
The study focuses on coregulation which is the process by which the parents and infants autonomic nervous system influence and synchronize with each other. This system regulates heart rate, breathing and digestion. Parent and infant heart rates were monitored before during and after a babywearing session.

​It was found that babywearing strengthened the correlation between parent and infant heart rate and that babywearing may facilitate emotional communication by providing a a physically close environment which allows the infant and parent to respond readily to each other's emotional cues, especially touch. Babywearing also allows the parent-infant dyad to handle mental stressors such as pain and anxiety more easily by promoting a calming emotional state. The research article can be found here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101996

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