>As I remember, (I don't have the article here with me) the researchers >swabbed one nipple of the mother with amniotic fluid, placed the newborn >baby on mother's midline, and observed that the babies preferentially >latched on to the nipple that had the amniotic fluid odor. This makes me think of the Widstrom et al video, Baby's Choice, which as I remember shows a newborn's first efforts at the breast as a random-looking grab at the nipple, then transferring fist to mouth. The grabbing was part of the crawling motion that moved the baby closer to the nipple. I had thought of it as also transferring scent/taste from nipple to mouth. Or could it be the other way around - a transfer of amniotic fluid scent to the nipple?? Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY