Importance Of Fostering A Nurturing Relationship With Your Baby:
Helps release the Love hormones/oxytocin from parents to baby.
Things To Do To Nurture Your Baby:
Keep your baby near at all times.
Talk to baby, looking into their eyes – keeps them engaged.
Pick up baby and soothe them if crying – for reassurance.
Touch, massage and gently rock baby as required to calm them down.
Frequent skin-to-skin and cuddling with parents.
Breastfeeding baby for nourishment/comfort/bonding, in skin-to-skin.
Bottle feeding is also encouraged in skin-to-skin as far as possible.
Role Of Skin-To-Skin In The Nurturing Process:
Calms both baby and mum.
Promotes bonding between baby and parents.
Regulates baby’s temperature, heart rate and breathing.
Improves breast milk production.
Enables baby initiate breastfeeding.
Provides sense of security for baby via closeness to parents.
Promotes instinctive parenting behaviour.
