We use a cloth shirt, long sleeve w the hand covers. Snaps in front. In labor and delivery, naked.....later with a diaper.if infant in shirt depending on room temp, I remove shirt or open front and uncover hands. Would love to see a pic of the disposable shirt! On Mar 10, 2016 11:43 AM, "Westra, Mary" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In the hospital that I work at babies are routinely dressed in little > paper (disposable) t shirts after skin to skin time. Skin to skin time is > usually about an hour to hour and half after birth. This is hopefully > after the infant has had a good first latch. Our emphasis is trying to get > the staff to think of skin to skin time as almost continuous during the > postpartum hospital stay as long as mother is awake. My thoughts are if we > did away with the paper shirt and instead wrapped the baby in a warm > blanket when baby is separated from mother, it might serve as a non verbal > reminder to both staff and family that baby should be skin to skin. I am > inquiring about other mother baby units. Do you use clothes on baby, and > if so, when? > > Thanks for your input as always! > > Mary Westra RN, IBCLC > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS WITHOUT > PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain confidential or > privileged material that is exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, copying, or taking > any action in reliance on its contents is prohibited. If you have any > reason to believe this e-mail was not intended for you, please delete the > e-mail and any attachments, and notify the sender immediately. > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: > set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome > *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome