{"id":20,"date":"2025-12-29T15:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:02:19","slug":"skin-to-skin-feeding-baby-is-placed-on-your-bare-chest-to-encourage-natural-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Skin-to-skin feeding \u2013 Baby is placed on your bare chest to encourage natural feeding."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skin-to-skin feeding \u2013 Baby is placed on your bare chest to encourage natural feeding.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"146\">\n<p data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"146\">Remove the baby\u2019s clothes, leaving only a diaper on.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"195\">\n<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"195\">Place your baby upright on your bare chest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"254\">\n<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"254\">Make sure the baby\u2019s chest and tummy touch your skin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"312\">\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"312\">Cover the baby\u2019s back with a warm blanket if needed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"373\">\n<p data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"373\">Support the baby\u2019s head and neck gently with your hand.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"430\">\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"430\">Let the baby relax and feel calm against your body.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"495\">\n<p data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"495\">Allow the baby to move and search for the breast naturally.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"554\">\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"554\">Guide the baby gently if help is needed for latching.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"613\">\n<p data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"613\">Watch for steady sucking and swallowing once latched.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"688\">\n<p data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"688\">Skin-to-skin feeding helps bonding and supports healthy breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddTuemnP-gE?si=oeE5J8xYQXeYdCs4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skin-to-skin feeding \u2013 Baby is placed on your bare chest to encourage natural feeding. Remove the baby\u2019s clothes, leaving only a diaper on. Place your baby upright on your bare &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}