Can Infants Smell Their Moms?

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What newborns smell

Scent-memories of the womb

Experiments show that newborns recognize, and are soothed by, the smell of amniotic fluid. In fact, hours after birth, babies prefer breasts that have been dabbed with amniotic fluid (Varendi et al 1997).

This preference fades away after a few days, however. And even while it persists, newborns are also highly attracted to natural breast odors.

Find that breast

In one experiment, researchers tested newborns by holding a pad carrying maternal breast odors 17 centimeters from the baby’s nose. In response, the babies wriggled towards the pad (Varendi and Porter 2001).

Similar methods reveal that babies can distinguish between breast milk and baby formula. When presented with two scents--the scent of non-familiar breast milk and the scent of familiar formula milk--formula-fed newborns showed a preference for the odor of human milk (Marlier and Schaal 2005).

Newborns learn to recognize their own mothers’ distinctive scents

Can newborn babies identify their mothers on the basis of odor alone? It seems that they can. A recent study found that newborns undergoing a painful procedure (a heel prick) were soothed by the smell of breast milk...but only if the milk was from their own mothers (Nishitani et al 2009).

Newborns also respond to breast milk by making mouthing movements. In one experiment, newborns were presented with the odors of different breast milk samples--samples donated by their mothers and by other, unfamiliar women. The babies mouthed more in response to their own mothers’ odors (Mizuno et al 2004).

Interestingly, the effect depended on how much skin-to-skin contact the infants had experienced with their mothers immediately after birth. Those who’d experienced more than 50 minutes of contact showed a greater difference in mouthing (Mizuno at al 2004). The results are consistent with the idea that newborns are especially likely to learn about odors in the minutes immediately after birth.

[Passport]

mao ni gisulti sa mga karaan nga kung mularga sa layo ang usa ka parent, ibilin ang piece of clothing nga wa gilabhan para di mingawon ang baby.

[domzgnrlover86]

i think maka smell jud, makabantay man pd ta kay kitang tanan niagis pagka infant

[jover]

problema lng kay we cannot tell if we really did kadto infant pa ta

[cassiopeia]

YES JUD! capslock para intense. hahah kai akong anak sauna kto newborn pa mg cge jud hilak bsta dli akoi mu kugus pero ako gani mu kugus anghel pas tnan anghel. hahah hantod karn nga 1yr 3mos na xa ga breastfeed mn ghapon ko niya mu gukod na intawn nako maski asa ko mu adto. hahahha

[Dj Know_well]

ingon ako migo, sa una daw gagmay pa iya mga bata,, kanang mu duty ug night shift iya wife, nya siya mahabilin sa bata, mag sul-ob siya ug duster sa iyaha wife para maka tulog ang bata, kay mag sige man jud daw ug hilak. Pero pag nag duster na cya, ni hilom daw. Katawa daw iya wife inig abot inig buntag kay natulog iya bana sul-ob ang iyaha duster...hehehehehe...

[smictague]

akong baby kadtong infant pa cya. wa juy uso hilak.. as in swerte ko ani bataa kai dili perwesyo. . hilom ra kaayo cya. pure breastfeed rajud ni kai d jud mo inom.ug lain gatas. . hantod karon 9mos na ako bb mohilak ra cya byaan nako sa kwarto kanang naa rakoi paliton pagkaon. . ig abot.dako kaayong smile mo sugat. . haaay makawagtang sa stress. . d sad tantong kapoi oi.. labi na manglaba ko wai mo bantay ahw ako ra xa ibutang ss walker mag tanaw nako manglaba ehehe basta mag cge na xag hilak pag.au kai katogon na diae