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Infant regulation

How a baby’s nervous system organizes sleep, feeding, sensory input, arousal, and caregiver cues.

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Behavior during travel or change

Behavior during travel or change

Why change affects baby behavior Infant behavior is tightly connected to regulation: sleep-wake timing, hunger and satiety cues, sensory processing, vestibular input, temperature, light exposure, and caregiver responsiveness. During travel or household change, several of these systems shift at the same time. A baby may nap in motion, feed at unusual intervals, hear unfamiliar sounds, […]