Lisa gave us a beautiful description of how skin to skin (sts) can help
a baby go to breast. When I see a baby that still "has no clue the free
ride is over and he has to work for food", I always encourage Mom to
spend as much time as possible sts with the baby. One recent case gave
me a chuckle. When I went in the following day, Dad couldn't wait to
tell me what had happened. I had seen them early afternoon the first
day after which Mom snuggled baby sts all the time she was in bed. Dad
stayed the night in the fold-out bed. At about 2 AM he was wakened by
Mom shouting "He's doing it!". Sure enough, baby had squirmed his way
over and attached with little help from her. They went on to have a
happy nursing experience.
Winnie
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