Give your baby skin-on-skin contact
Leaving
the womb and suddenly becoming untethered in the wide, wide world can
be a stressful experience for babies. Unsurprisingly, studies have shown
that holding your baby skin-to-skin can calm and comfort him —
stabilizing his heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure,
maintaining his body temperature, and decreasing his crying. It also
helps you bond with your baby. These benefits occur whether it’s the
mother or the father engaging in the skin-to-skin contact. Soon after
your baby is born, and for the next few weeks, spend some time with your
shirt off, holding him just in his diaper.
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