Dutch babies trump US peers in laughing, smiling, cuddling
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Dutch babies laugh, smile and like to cuddle more than their American counterparts. A new study examining temperamental differences between US and Dutch babies found infants born in the Netherlands are more likely to be happy and easier to soothe in the latter half of their first year. US infants, on the other hand, were typically more active and vocal, said an author of the study.