Sentences with phrase «mothers during the first few days of life»

According to Johnson, this type of mange, which is not contagious to people or other animals, is caused by a tiny mite — demodex canis — that nearly all dogs acquire from their mothers during the first few days of life.

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Though LAM is typically associated with being limited to the first six months of a baby's life, research has shown that if a mother continues to not have menses, solids are fed to a baby after breastfeeds (rather than before), and the mother doesn't go longer than four hours during the day — and six hours at night — between breastfeeds, that very few women become pregnant.
This is what many mothers refer to as liquid gold, since it is what your baby will take in during its first few days of life outside the womb.
In a study of infant sleep, mothers with high levels of DHA during pregnancy had babies who exhibited a more mature sleep pattern in the first few days of life [71].
During the first few days of life, only if the baby is well latched on can he get his mother's milk.
An infant must learn to attach and suckle properly at the breast during the first few days of life to successfully establish breastfeeding.1,, 2 Early oral experiences that require sucking mechanics different from those required for breastfeeding are believed to contribute to the development of improper latch and subsequent breastfeeding failure — a problem described as nipple confusion.2 — 4 The avoidance of pacifiers was included as 1 of 10 steps for successful breastfeeding in the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on maternity services and breastfeeding, and many experts recommend that mothers who are breastfeeding avoid exposing their infants to artificial suckling experiences including use of pacifiers.5 — 7
They are transferred from mother to pup when cuddling during the first few days of life.
Mothers transfer mange mites to their babies during the first few days of life through cuddling and snuggling.
Depending on how much immunity the mother had available for transfer to her kittens and the amount nursed during the first few days of life, the maternal immunity will drop off when the kitten is somewhere between six and fourteen weeks old.
All dogs raised normally by their mothers possess this mite as mites are transferred from mother to pup via cuddling during the first few days of life.
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