gently pat its behind

Posted: October 9th, 2015 | Tags: | No Comments »

from “how to hold a stranger’s baby”:

‘‘Tell the baby your name, and say their name,’’ says Pat Rice, a psychologist who has been volunteering for 19 years as a ‘‘trained cuddler’’ in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. …

Try to avoid feeling self-conscious or attempting to impress nearby adults. ‘‘Be more consciously in your heart when you’re holding babies,’’ Rice says. … One of Rice’s go-to moves is to nestle a baby upright against his chest and gently pat its behind. ‘‘That seems to be almost magic,’’ he says.



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