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bonding
Skin-to-Skin Cuddle Time
Best Age
Best Age
wk 0ā17
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About this play
Holding your undressed baby against your bare chest is one of the simplest and most powerful things you can do together. Skin-to-skin contact steadies your baby's heart rate, breathing, and temperature, releases bonding hormones in you both, and gives your baby the closeness and smell of you that feels like home.
How to do it (Step by step)
- Find a warm, quiet spot and undress baby down to the nappy.
- Hold them upright against your bare chest, covered with a blanket.
- Stay still and breathe together for as long as you both enjoy it.