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Babies born in lockdown ‘slower to meet most milestones’

Pandemic

Babies born in lockdown were slower to meet developmental milestones, research has found.

A new study revealed lockdown babies struggle because of less stimulation and communication with unmasked adults.

Researchers compared a “pandemic cohort” of 309 infants born in Ireland between March and May 2020 against historical data on around 1,600 babies born between 2008 and 2011.

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