Show Disruptive Depara e When a newborn baby is separated from his mother he sometimes thrives less than other babies And what happens to his mother DR MARSHALL H. H Klaus director of the newborn nursery at Babies' Babies and Childrens Children's Hospital and Dr John Kennell Kennell Kennell Ken- Ken nell have been trying to find out whether drastic separation separation separation tion at birth may not affect the mother as well drastically altering the maternal bond This possibility might be crucial for the emotional well- well being of premature infants often separated from their mothers for from three to six weeks SO FAR the pediatricians have found a definite pattern in how mothers handle their newborn babies term Full-term mothers who have been allowed to see their infants several times daily progress within a few minutes from touching hands and feet with their fingertips to stroking stroking stroking ing the baby's trunk with their palms MOTHERS of premature babies proceed much more slowly often getting no further than pokes at hands and feet for several days |