This is the Moro Reflex. Doc is checking the baby’s startle response for a healthy nervous system. It’s when they don’t react by bringing their arms out and back in that it’s indicative of more serious medical conditions.
S.I.D.S!!!! Dropping a newborn's head by half a foot (about 15 cm) is not safe and is not standard medical practice. Infants have very weak neck muscles and fragile blood vessels in the brain. A drop that large risks causing whiplash, neck injury, or intracranial bleeding (similar to shaken baby syndrome).
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Brooke :
Dropping a newborn's head by half a foot (about 15 cm) is not safe and is not standard medical practice. Infants have very weak neck muscles and fragile blood vessels in the brain. A drop that large risks causing whiplash, neck injury, or intracranial bleeding (similar to shaken baby syndrome).