What strikes me about the description of the charm hold is that it could
replicate the effect on baby's musculature of biological nurturing, AKA
laid-back breastfeeding
http://www.llli.org/docs/0000000000000001WAB/WAB_Tear_sheet_Toolkit/01_laid_back_breastfeeding.pdf
.
 Which a recent series of La Leche League calls (mom in pain one day,
"happy" the next) confirmed my confidence in.  It's so important to tell
moms: a newborn's reflexes make sense only with gravity keeping baby molded
to mom!  I also believe that mom's relaxation, as Jeanette was commenting
on last month, has a big influence on baby's tension, so I love the
connotations of "Laid-back" (in my dialect of English, at least).

Ruth Piatak, BA, MS, LLLL, IBCLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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