The phrase
"term infants" refers to babies who are born at the normal time of around 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy. These babies are not born prematurely or too late. They are born at the usual and expected time.
Full definition
This is likely even more important in premature infants than
in term infants because of the additional health risks they face.
Depending on your own genetics and body composition, your baby can range in size as a
full term infant from 7 pounds (3 kg) and above.
When a baby is born early, he doesn't have as much iron stored in his body as a full -
term infant does.
Studies also show significant reductions in newborn infection rates in
term infants when exclusive human milk feeding is available.
In general, though, healthy, full -
term infants get enough iron from their mother in the last trimester of pregnancy to last them for the first four months of life.
Using music therapy protocols in the treatment of
premature term infants: An introduction to current practices.
However, it is recommended to wait to introduce a pacifier to a healthy, full -
term infant until breastfeeding is going well and your milk supply has been established.
A comparison of respiratory patterns in healthy
term infants placed in car safety seats and beds.
However, research has increasingly shown that these babies are not the same as
full term infants and that they have a unique set of needs and challenges.
Healthy term infants have plenty of reserves, and the first effective feeding can happen any time in the first day.
There was no relationship between breastfeeding
in term infants and cognitive performance.
However, late -
term infants also had a 2.1 percent higher rate of physical disabilities at school age and higher rates of abnormal conditions at birth, according to the results.
This review, which was prepared as part of the background documentation for a WHO expert consultation, evaluates the nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for
term infants during the first 6 months of life.
A new study published in the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics shows a very disturbing trend, that the incidence of flat head syndrome, or positional plagiocephaly, was estimated at 46.6 % of the 440 healthy full
term infants who were studied.
Visual acuity and fatty acid status of
term infants fed human milk and formulas with and without docosahexanoate and arachidonate from egg yolk lecithin
Tongue movement and intra-oral vacuum
of term infants during breastfeeding and feeding from an experimental teat that released milk under vacuum only.
Bucher, H., Killer, C., Ochsner, S., Fauchere, J. «Growth, Developmental Milestones and Health Problems in the First 2 Years in Very Preterm Infants Compared
with Term Infants: A Population Based Study.»
«Colic consists of crying episodes that typically begin in full -
term infants at approximately 2 weeks of age and continue until approximately 4 months of age.
Maitre and her colleagues enrolled 125 babies born preterm at a gestational age of 24 to 36 weeks and full -
term infants born at 38 to 42 weeks.
Thus, whether healthy
term infants benefit from the addition of DHA and AA to formula remains unclear because they are able to convert very LCP fatty acids to DHA and AA.
Researchers analyzed data on 1,000 late preterm, 1,800 early term and 3,200 full
term infants from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort.
«Informal breast milk sharing is becoming increasingly common for healthy
term infants as 21st century families desire to feed their infants human milk,» says Dr. Timothy Tobolic, president of ABM.
Human milk provides appropriate amounts of proteins (primarily alpha - lactalbumin and whey), carbohydrates (lactose), minerals, vitamins, and fats for the
growing term infant.
Between January 1989 and June 1997, all women who had enrolled in the CTIS project, who had taken fluoxetine sometime during pregnancy, and who had delivered live born, full
term infants whom they breastfed were considered eligible for the study.
Population - based assessment of the risk of primary cesarean delivery due to excess prepregnancy weight among nulliparous women delivering term infants
Milk prolactin, feed volume and duration between feeds in women breastfeeding their full -
term infants over a 24 h period.
Although this relationship does exist, as a whole, parents of pre
term infants only experience slightly more stress than parents of term infants on this measure.
Test weights are often used in
term infants using precise scales such as the Medela BabyWeigh.
Gosnell is charged with killing seven late -
term infants by «snipping» their spinal cords and giving a 41 - year - old immigrant patient a fatal overdose of the painkiller Demerol.
Bed - sharing increases the risk of SIDS, especially in preterm infants (preemies), babies with low birth weight, and healthy full -
term infants younger than 4 months old.
The newest guidelines in Nutrition for Healthy
Term Infants state that»... all food textures — including lumpy, pureed, and even finger foods — are fine to offer a baby from six months.»
But, where full -
term infants outgrow the twitchiness in a few weeks or months, premature babies tend to be twitchy and jumpy and display their newborn reflexes for a few months longer as their little bodies grow and try to catch up.
The publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics, showed how the research involving 33 late preterm and
term infants received far more verbal communication from birth to age 7 months from their mothers than their fathers.
(2010) Clinical Protocol Number # 8: Human Milk Storage Information for Home Use for Healthy Full Term Infants [PDF - 125k].
However, home - prepared infant foods from vegetables (eg, spinach, beets, green beans, squash, carrots) should be avoided until infants are 3 months or older, although there is no nutritional indication to add complementary foods to the diet of the healthy
term infant before 4 to 6 months of age.»
A lot of research has been done on the benefits of massage for premature infants (babies born under 37 weeks), but studies have also found that massage can
help term infants (any baby born at 37 weeks or later) too.
Routine supplementation of full -
term infant milk formula with LCPUFA can not be recommended at this time.
The study is considered the first population - based, countywide assessment of neonatal morbidity among early -
term infants based on individual medical records in the U.S.
While the difference in mortality between low birthweight infants fed breast milk versus formula is not as great as the difference seen
between term infant feedings, those not receiving breast milk still have a 26 % to 37 % greater death rate.
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