Six-day-old Shayli has been breast fed and is presented with two nursing pads. One is soaked with her mother's breast milk, and the other is clean. Shayli will MOST likely
A) show no preference for smelling either nursing pad.
B) prefer to smell her mother's nursing pad.
C) prefer to smell the clean nursing pad.
D) show no response to either nursing pad unless she is hungry.

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Newborns have a preference for the scent of their mother's milk and will typically show a preference for the nursing pad soaked with her milk. This preference is likely due to the familiar and comforting scent of their mother's milk.

Six-Day-Old Shayli Has Been Breast Fed and Is Presented with Two