Talk:Breast crawl

On importance and lack of favor in modern hospitals

I removed the following uncited paragraph from the article as it made some very strong, unsourced claims.

The breast crawl is no longer a common practice in modern hospitals despite it having tremendous benefits for both mother and baby. The first skin-to-skin contact with the mother allows for bonding, provides a heat source for the baby, comforts him from the trauma of birth, releases oxytocin that helps letdown of milk and helps the baby to latch better and is the beginning of a healthy breastfeeding relationship.

Even if a version of this were to be included in the article, it would most likely need to be attributed as somebody (prominent)'s or some group's opinion, as—stating this without personal commentary on its correctness—it seems unlikely that this is the consensus view or one which could easily be established as factual. Vague | Rant 12:35, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

LOL, well actually it never was common, to say the least. However the WHO now suggests immediate skin to skin contact and kangaroo care for preemies. We could possibly use this source (for example) [1]

(From that source) I found this very interesting as it is new info to me and I've done a fair amount of reading on early skin to skin.

In the past, most caretakers believed that the newborn needed help to begin breastfeeding. So, immediately after birth, the baby was given to the mother with its lips placed near or on the mother's nipple. In this situation, some babies do start to suckle, but the majority just lick the nipple or peer up at the mother. They appear to be much more interested in the mother's face, especially her eyes, even though the nipple is right next to their lips. If kept in between the mother's breasts, the infant usually begins with a time of rest and quiet alertness during which she rarely cries and often appears to take pleasure in looking at her mother's face. There is a beautiful interlocking of gazes, at this early time, with the mother's interest in the infant's eyes and the baby's ability to interact and to look eye to eye. Visual interaction during the first few hours may explain the significantly reduced incidence of abandonment later among babies who were given early contact with suckling and who were roomed in. This may be partly due to the special interest that mother's have, shortly after birth, in hoping that their infant will look at them and to the infant's ability to interact during the prolonged period of their quiet alert state in the first hour of life (Klaus and Kennel, 2001). Gandydancer (talk) 16:29, 28 November 2017 (UTC)