Carrying position influences infant behavior

Carrying position influences infant behavior Article

Field, T, Malphurs, J, Carraway, K et al. (1996). Carrying position influences infant behavior . 121(1), 49-54. 10.1080/0300443961210105

Three-month-old infants were carried by their mothers in a soft infant carrier designed for infants being faced inward or faced outward. A within subjects comparison of these two positions revealed that when the infants were carried facing-in, they spent significantly more time sleeping and were rarely actively awake and looking at the environment. In contrast, the infants were more active in the facing-out position including more time moving their arms, head turning, kicking and looking at their environment. © 1996 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association).