>
>     I would like to comment on "stripping clothes off babies."  I take the
>shirts off and teach the mothers gentle infant massage with the baby on the
>chest between the breasts. A warm blanket is over both so the baby doesn't
>chill.  All that skin contact with a loving mother often works to awaken the
>baby.  I do not see this as negative.
>Judi Hall, RNC, IBCLC


To clarify, as I think I was the one using that phrase - nor do I see
it as negative, not the way you describe it Judi, as part of a gentle
means to facilitate easier skin to skin and loving contact.

My gripe is when it is done in ways which are seen by the mother as
harsh and interventionist....I am sure you know the sort of thing I
mean, and how it can be done in a non-gentle and disturbing way : (

(In fact, I would say there is normally no reason for the mother not
to be the one taking off the clothes...the more she is the one 'doing
stuff' the better. )

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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