Relevant Research

The first research article that connects to the book regards the 5 S’s. There was an experiment done to measure the 5 S’s (swaddling, side/stomach positions, shushing, swinging, and sucking). The results of the physical intervention indicate that the 5S’s decreased pain scores of a validated pain scale and decreased crying time among 2- and 4-month-old infants during routine vaccinations.In chapter 7 of the book, it talks about advice on how to calm your baby and it mentions the 5 S’s technique. The book states, _”In summary, the first two “s’s”-swaddling and side/stomach-start the calming process by muffling your baby’s flailing movements, shutting off the Moro reflex and getting him to pay attention to what you’re doing as you begin to activate the calming reflex. The third and fourth “S’s”-shushing and swinging-break into the crying cycle by powerfully triggering the calming reflex and soothing your baby’s nervous system. The fifth “S”-sucking-keeps the calming reflex turned on and allows your baby to guide himself to a profound level of relaxation” (Karp, 98). The second research article regards the importance of breastfeeding. The research article indicated that breastfeeding protects against “child infections, increases in intelligence, and probable reductions in overweight and diabetes” (Victoria, C. et al., 2016). Chapter six of the book states, “Scientific studies show that breast milk helps build babies’ brains, boosts their immunity, protects them against diabetes, and lowers a woman’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Today, breast milk is so universally accepted as the preferred food for babies that even formula companies recommend women use their product only if they can’t breast-feed” (Karp, 86 & 87). 

References 

Harrington, J. W., Logan, S., Harwell, C., Gardner, J., Swingle, J., McGuire, E., & Santos, R. (2012). Effective analgesia using physical interventions for infant immunizations. PEDIATRICS,129(5). doi:10.1542/peds.2011-1607d

 

Victora, C. G., Bahl, R., Barros, A. J., França, G. V., Horton, S., Krasevec, J., . . . Rollins, N. C. (2016). Breastfeeding in the 21st century: Epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect. The Lancet,387(10017), 475-490. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)01024-7