Cross cradle
I would challenge the frequent use of this hold for newborns following Dr
Colson's research called Biological Nurturing. Many of the reflex behaviours
that are breastfeeding in these early days appear to be hampered by the
cross cradle hold. She has shown that probably human babies like most
mammals are naturally prone feeders. We have known since the work in
Scandinavia of the late 20th century that the act of concentrating on
sitting upright in a chair and following a set of rules is also contrary to
hormonal complexion of mothers at that time: breastfeeding duration is
associated with high levels of oxytocin on day 2. I would also challenge
using a hold that to do properly requires newly delivered mothers to sit
upright anyway.
No research has shown that teaching prescriptive P&A in the newborn period
is beneficial as far as I know. And most of the work done on it discounted
mothers who could not sit up in chair. Hardly a universally applicable
intervention IMO.
Phil Parrett
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