Parents should look to mammals in the animal kingdom to learn the best way to stop their baby crying quickly. 9News
The transport response is an innate reaction seen in many altricial mammals, such as mice, dogs and monkeys, whose young are immature and unable to care for themselves.pick up their infants and start walking, the bodies of their young tend to become docile and their heart rates slow.
A similar calming effect occurred when the infants were placed in a rocking cot, but not when the mother held the baby while sitting or placed the baby in a still crib. But when the mothers tried to put their sleepy babies to bed, more than one-third of the participants became alert again within 20 seconds.Researchers measured the heart rates of 21 babies under four conditions; being held by their mothers as they walked, being held while seated, lying in a motionless cot and lying in a rocking cot.
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