Hugs & Klsses

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Babies are just naturally oh-so-cute and cuddly, but did you know that cuddling your baby affects you both physically and psychologically? Even cuddling your child later in life can have beneficial effects. Here are some insights into the magic of mum-child cuddles:

Non-essential touching is when you interact with baby outside of feeding or changing times, and studies have shown that it can help shape how the baby’s brain responds to social and emotional connections.

A study by Reuters Health has shown that babies whose mums interacted with them on a regular basis had developed larger grey brain matter and a more mature cerebral cortex.

Neuroscientists and clinicians have found that cuddling with your baby can increase the connections between their nerve cells.