Terry, I would put this baby skin to skin with his mother (mother 
semi-reclining and well supported with pillows) and leave him there. The 
bobbing around you describe is just part of the process of finding and 
latching. This baby has been through a lot already - sounds like there were 
repeated ultrasounds and then a C-section. He needs time and patience to 
recover from the birth, and he needs to be skin to skin with his mother as 
much as possible in order to recover and find his own way to the breast.

If he doesn't take the breast, don't push him. If he needs to feed, give him 
some expressed colostrum with a spoon or an eyedropper or a syringe. He 
doesn't need much at this stage anyway. Be patient. Reassure the mother that 
babies are hard-wired to breastfeed, that he'll get it when he's ready, she 
just needs to maintain her milk production with some hand-expression at this 
point, and let him feel relaxed and happy as he lies against her body.

Teresa Pitman

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