It also keeps stress

hormones in balance in both mother and baby; increases

brain growth-promoting substances; enhances infant's body

heat regulation; promotes hormones that help baby thrive;

improves energy efficiency of baby's overall physiology;

promotes self-protective sleep patterns (thereby reducing

SIDS); improves function of brain, heart and lungs;

enhances maternal hormones that increase awareness and

sensitivity between mom and baby (making for even safer

co-sleeping); and enhances baby's immunity to infection.

Nationally known and

respected author and pediatrician Dr. William Sears has

written an excellent book on SIDS, titled "SIDS: A

Parent's Guide to Understanding and Preventing Sudden

Infant Death Syndrome."

Suzanne S. Powell

ICCE childbirth/new parent educator

Peachtree City

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