tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post4044489676745547049..comments2024-03-12T07:00:44.143-04:00Comments on CHILDMYTHS: Is It Kin, or Is It Skin? Conclusions About Skin-to-Skin Contact for Low-Birth-Weight BabiesJean Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-25947010437414307612011-02-16T20:25:31.387-05:002011-02-16T20:25:31.387-05:00Lots of possible reasons for visual and other impa...Lots of possible reasons for visual and other impairments,including whatever it was that caused the premature birth to begin with.Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-23057893970482055662011-02-16T19:26:34.377-05:002011-02-16T19:26:34.377-05:00There is a lot out there on vision impairment in p...There is a lot out there on vision impairment in premature babies, and it is not about lack of contact with mom. It is a developmental issue of the extremely premature. Here is a newspaper article, but there is plenty of more technical stuff if you google "premature infant vision impairment"<br />http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/premature-babies-suffer-vision-impairment/1067230<br /><br />For those now adults who were preemies, in the past too much oxygen in incubators caused eye damage including blindness.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-81711349109583675392011-02-16T09:25:48.556-05:002011-02-16T09:25:48.556-05:00Thanks for the great detective work, and I'm e...Thanks for the great detective work, and I'm embarrassed that I didn't go back to Verrier to check that out.<br /><br />It's interesting that the cited study refers to an impact on vision. Robert Zaslow, the daddy of attachment therapy,claimed he had restored someone's vision by holding therapy. I suppose this is a claim that gets every parent's attention.<br /><br />As someone says in "The Color Purple", "it all just too triflin and confuse"!Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-55787168971778159062011-02-16T08:38:22.165-05:002011-02-16T08:38:22.165-05:00The comment did not qualify that it meant incubato...The comment did not qualify that it meant incubator babies, and implied all newborns, including healthy full term babies, went into shock being separated. <br /><br />It was from Verrier quoting Joseph Pierce:<br />"Verrier's work in Coming Home to Self, published in 2003, points to a study by Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Magical Child and Evolutions End, who states that it takes less than forty-five minutes for an infant separated from his mother to go into shock and this reaction has immediate impact on the brain and functions like sight."<br /><br />So this piece was not from the study of preemies and skin contact, but from a whole other book of fringe belief. The whole article was so confused and confusing, I find it hard to believe Ms. Lauck is an acclaimed writer. She seems to confuse fiction with non-fiction, belief with science.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-28510465483324652242011-02-15T08:35:56.807-05:002011-02-15T08:35:56.807-05:00I think she meant that the incubator babies were m...I think she meant that the incubator babies were more likely to have low body temperatures and problematic heart and breathing patterns. Those are certainly things to be concerned about.<br /><br />Your point about volunteer baby holders is a good one. Obviously we don't really think that Mom is the only option-- and how about Dad, anyway?<br /><br />These people seem to be convinced that not only does it not take a village to raise a child, the village will just cause trouble if it gets into the picture.Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-71248886793399931332011-02-15T07:44:05.793-05:002011-02-15T07:44:05.793-05:00So many great points! A friend of my son had a ver...So many great points! A friend of my son had a very premature baby, less than 2 lbs at birth, and both Mom and Dad went everyday to hold the baby when he was in the NICU, plus they had volunteers to hold the babies whose parents were not available all the time. Human touch is important at all ages, but it does not have to be the biological mother doing the touching. That baby is a bright, healthy kid today, 10 years old, does karate and other sports. <br /><br />I commented on the Huff Po about the statement in the article that "babies go into shock after 45 minutes of being separated from their mother". I asked the author to clarify, she did not.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.com