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Date: | Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:01:05 -0500 |
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If mom brings baby closer to her body and therefore closer to the
breast, the hands usually are not an issue, baby usually does not have a
lot of room to bring them in. If the baby does manage to get his hands
to mouth, I am an advocate of not interfering. He will realize that
they are not giving him milk and will move them. Human beings learn
from the consequences of our actions, and constantly holding a babies
hands does not allow them to learn that sucking their hands when there
is a breast in the vicinity is counter-productive. Furthermore, most of
the positions that are used to pull the hands away destabilize the
shoulder girdle, which should act as a stable base of support for
optimum muscle function of the neck, jaw and tongue.
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Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC New York City mailto:[log in to unmask]
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