First-time parenting brings parents a lot of joy as well as various questions. Among these, the "primitive reflexes" seen ...

Since the day a baby is born, his or her body is pre-programmed with survival reflexes. One of these is the Moro reflex or the startle reflex, one of the numerous primitive reflexes of a newborn baby ...

The Moro reflex is a protective "primitive reflex" seen in healthy babies up to 6 months old. A baby's arms quickly extend away from the body with palms up and fingers splayed apart, and then retract ...

Primitive reflexes, known as infantile reflexes, are muscle reactions starting from birth that occur automatically in response to various stimulations. Certain reflexes disappear as an infant develops ...