I have a postcard with a reproduction of a painting by a Paula
Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) called, I think, 'sleeping (or lying) mother
with child' (Liegende Mutter mit Kind).
Mother has her knees raised, arm out, and is facing the baby, who seems to
have finished nursing and is cuddling her lower breast.  Neither one of them
has a stitch on either, but the baby is lying on a smaller piece of cloth in
the painting.

The painting is in a museum in Bremen, Germany.  I got the card after I
coincidentally sent the same picture as an e-card to a friend in Bremen,
having no idea that the original was in her town.  She promptly went to the
museum and bought the card to send.

So, does this mean that all the mothers in the study mentioned the other day
have studied German art history, or that the position is an adaptive one for
human mothers and babies?

Re: Fio turning her back on her co-sleeper-- that is a child, not a baby.
If the child were still unable to crawl over and find the breast, I think
Fio would still be sleeping in the 'available' mode.

Rachel Myr
Norway

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