Caring for Your Newborn

Baby Handling–This End Up!

Of course, you’re going to want to hold your baby. Probably a nurse or somebody has asked you if you want to. If you haven’t held a baby before, you might feel that everyone’s eyes are on you, but there’s really no way that you can refuse. It isn’t good form to be that guy who looks like someone has just handed him a bag of fish guts.

It’s easy to master holding babies and be confident doing it. Like snakes, people think babies are slimy–they’re kind of soft and warm. (A slimy baby is something we’ll talk about a little later in......