Shawn describes the  <<Cradle hold:  Mother uses the same hand to the breast 
being  used (right
arm when right breast used and baby's body is placed across the  front of the
mother's body) and her hand is placed across the shoulder  blades>>
 
 
OK, I'm really struggling picturing  this.  In the cradle hold (at least here 
in the States), the baby is in the  crook of the mother's arm, and her hand 
is snuggling the baby in.  So, for  example, on the right breast, the baby is 
in the crook of the mother's right  elbow (or somewhere in that vicinity -- may 
be on the mother's arm just near the  elbow), and her right hand is holding 
the baby's bottom.  The left hand is  then used for drinking coffee, 
manipulating the TV remote, or maybe, just maybe,  supporting her breast.
 
So help me out here -- maybe it is my  old age, but I'm just not picturing 
what you are saying, Shawn.  If the  mother is holding the baby between the 
shoulder blades with the right hand, then  what is the left hand doing?  And what 
is supporting the rest of the baby's  body?  or nothing?  It sounds as though 
what you are describing is  that the only part of the baby that is being 
touched by the mother is the bit  between her shoulder blades.  
 
Nothing wrong with that -- I'm just  trying to picture it.  



 
 Jan  B.




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