HI 'curious Kathy' ! If my memory serves me correctly, I don't recall her mentioning this 'restriction' of the baby's hands but it is very common where I live as well and I've been wondering the same. I feel sorry for not thinking of this when I had the chance to ask her about it! Renate. At 17:48 1-11-00 EST, you wrote: ><< She says that in 30 minutes after birth the baby puts it's > hand to its mouth and that this seems to stimulate an increase in mouth > movements ( Breastfeeding and interaction between mother and infant, and > Short-term effects of early suckling and touch of the nipple on maternal > behaviour, A.M. Widstrom, published in Early human development, 21 (1990) > 153-163, ELsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland, ltd. ) >> > >I've been thinking about this swaddling as it relates to the low-income >Hispanic population I see regularly. They keep socks or mittens on the >baby's hands for MONTHS after the birth. Did Dr. Widstrom address how this >might affect breastfeeding? > -------------------------------------------------------------- Renate Rietveld, IBCLC E-mail : [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://home.wanadoo.nl/renate.rietveld.ibclc -------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html