{"id":24,"date":"2025-12-29T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:45:07","slug":"cross-cradle-hold-you-support-the-babys-head-with-the-opposite-hand-to-help-with-latching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Cross-cradle hold \u2013 You support the baby\u2019s head with the opposite hand to help with latching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-cradle hold \u2013 You support the baby\u2019s head with the opposite hand to help with latching<br \/>\nHold your baby across your body with their tummy facing you.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WR1dTmHM21Q?si=f83YcF1oWZ_Hlv3-\" 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<p>Use the opposite arm from the breast you are feeding with to support the baby.<\/p>\n<p>Place your hand behind the baby\u2019s neck and shoulders, not on the head.<\/p>\n<p>Support the baby\u2019s body along your forearm and hand.<\/p>\n<p>Hold your breast with your free hand to help guide the nipple.<\/p>\n<p>Line up the baby\u2019s nose with your nipple before latching.<\/p>\n<p>Wait until the baby opens their mouth wide.<\/p>\n<p>Gently bring the baby to the breast for a deep latch.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the baby\u2019s chin touches the breast first.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for comfortable sucking and swallowing, and adjust if needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-cradle hold \u2013 You support the baby\u2019s head with the opposite hand to help with latching Hold your baby across your body with their tummy facing you. Use the opposite &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psingle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}