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New documentary series explores the life of babies

A new Netflix documentary series follows 15 babies during their first year of life to discover the processes behind each developmental step.
A still from the second episode of the new Netflix series 'Babies'
A still from the second episode of the new Netflix series 'Babies'

Filmed over three years, the new 12-part series, ‘Babies’, available on Netflix from Friday (21 February), covers children’s first major developmental milestones, from bonding with their parents to learning to feed, sleeping through the night, crawling, speaking their first words, and learning how to walk.

The series features the latest research from eminent scientists including Rebecca Spencer from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) who discusses her study on the importance of naps for a baby’s learning and Professor Ruth Feldman from the Interdisciplinary Center at Yale Child Studies Center in Israel, who discovered that the surge in Oxytocin, ‘the bonding hormone’, that occurs in new mothers can also take place in men.

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