{"id":30,"date":"2025-12-29T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:25:36","slug":"skin-to-skin-contact-helps-bonding-and-soothes-your-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Skin-to-skin contact helps bonding and soothes your baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skin-to-skin contact helps bonding and soothes your baby<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQRXjzuC3gA?si=MEpYDdV5_r_O0AI_\" 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><br \/>\nPlace your baby naked (except for a diaper) on your bare chest to create warmth and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkin-to-skin contact helps regulate your baby\u2019s body temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolding your baby close releases oxytocin, strengthening emotional bonding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis contact can calm a fussy or crying baby quickly and naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkin-to-skin encourages your baby to latch effectively during breastfeeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt promotes a sense of safety and security, reducing stress for both baby and parent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry skin-to-skin during the first hour after birth for optimal bonding benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven a few minutes of daily skin-to-skin can improve your baby\u2019s sleep and mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth parents can benefit \u2014 fathers or partners holding the baby skin-to-skin also support bonding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse skin-to-skin time as an opportunity to gently talk or sing to your baby, enhancing emotional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skin-to-skin contact helps bonding and soothes your baby Place your baby naked (except for a diaper) on your bare chest to create warmth and comfort.\u201d \u201cSkin-to-skin contact helps regulate your &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsinglemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}