Question
The newborn is not as helpless as you think. Discuss.

Answer

The newborn is not as helpless as we might think:
  1. The activities needed to sustain life functions are present in the newborn-it breaths, sucks, swallows and discharges the bodily wastes.
  2. Newborns in their first week of life are able to indicate what direction a sound is coming from, can distinguish their mother's voice from the voice of other women, and can imitate simple gesture like tongue protrusion and mouth opening.

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