Babies are really quite talented at birth. Almost always, they are born  
knowing how to suck, swallow and breathe. The baby's job is to practice 
putting  it all together and breastfeed.  The mother's job is to learn how to hold 
 and position the baby so he can do his job. It takes the "3 Ps" to make it 
 successful: practice, positioning and patience. If the mother keeps her 
baby s2s  after the birth, he will be in the "neighborhood" and will find the  
"breastaurant" with little help needed. If the baby is away from the 
mother,  then he can't do what he needs to do: snuggle, smell her, listen to her  
voice, feel her breathing and heartbeat, see her face, and nurse. He has  
come from a "temperature-controlled Jacuzzi with room service on demand."  
When kept s2s with mother, he has the best possible environment in the outside  
world. So we encourage all mothers to welcome their babies this way. It 
will  help breastfeeding get off to a good start, it's good for the baby and 
good  for the mother, definitely a "win-win" situation.
 
Mary-Jane Sackett, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Pittsfield, MA

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