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A natural response as a parent is to sooth your baby by swinging, bouncing or rocking them from side to side. This innate reaction is no coincidence as it has been proven that it has comforting and self-regulatory properties [1]. Starting in the womb, babies become consoled by their mothers’ movements and continue to enjoy these actions for sleep and play right throughout their first years. Even as adults, we can continue to find regulatory properties in rhythmic motions. For example, some of us might find that we feel relaxed and even sleepy whilst on a train or a bus.
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