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Date: | Tue, 27 Jan 1998 06:53:28 -0500 |
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>As I remember, (I don't have the article here with me) the researchers
>swabbed one nipple of the mother with amniotic fluid, placed the newborn
>baby on mother's midline, and observed that the babies preferentially
>latched on to the nipple that had the amniotic fluid odor.
This makes me think of the Widstrom et al video, Baby's Choice, which as I
remember shows a newborn's first efforts at the breast as a random-looking
grab at the nipple, then transferring fist to mouth. The grabbing was part
of the crawling motion that moved the baby closer to the nipple. I had
thought of it as also transferring scent/taste from nipple to mouth. Or
could it be the other way around - a transfer of amniotic fluid scent to
the nipple??
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY
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