My children are definitely listening to me when they hear me on the 
telephone helping a new mother or giving tips to a mom to be.  I really 
stress the importance of skin to skin.  Well, my 7 yo boy and 4 yo girl 
are playing "family" and my daughter apparently just "pushed her baby 
out of her vagina on the bed" (I have home births so that's what they 
always role play although sometimes there's a helicopter to Loma Linda 
involved b/c my son was airlifted to their NICU following a traumatic 
birth which resulted in his near-death).  My son just came running out 
of the bedroom to ask me:  "Mommy, this new baby needs to be on its 
mother's skin.  Is it ok to use a sling so she won't drop the baby?".  
(I said "yes" so he's rigging up his child-size Over the Shoulder Baby 
holder for his shirtless sister to hold her new baby in -- it's a small 
black cat, by the way - she's so proud!

And I think we're limited to three posts a day so that's it for me until 
tomorrow.

-- 

Margo T.

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