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Willow
Willow
21:18
@anongoodnurse regarding closed question on the four-week-old not being able to extend her arms straight: Can any newborn do that? I have not parented a newborn, but my recollection of them is that their arms and legs are not straight. I suppose they are (forced) straightened by swaddling -- but I never did that either, do I was simply wondering.
 
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anongoodnurse
anongoodnurse
22:22
@Willow - Sure they can. Have you seen a newborn stretch as they wake up? They extend their arms fully. It's actually a very sweet sight; adults don't stretch with such joie de vivre. They also fully extend their arms during the Moro reflex.

They usually don't keep their arms like that though. But an inability to fully extend with help would be reason for concern.
BTW, swaddling in the West keeps them in flexion. It's different on a papoose board, etc.
Willow
Willow
22:45
@anongoodnurse thanks! What I remember and what is true, do not always match up. I never had a newborn, so I really did not know. Thanks.

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