i can see both points i guess

the urge to snuggle your baby and help it to find it's way is a natural instinctive desire - you're a mum - you do what you can to make life easy for baby asap

on the other hand, my understanding is that by allowingbaby to find it's own way to the breast, IT's natural instinct to feed will take over. it will seek out the scent of the breast without being overwhelmed by having it forced on them kwim? not that i think helping your baby is a bad thing!!!! from what i've read though, it's more that, baby finding the breast in it's own time means it's instincts take over rather than trying to do something it's not ready for at that point...

i initially wanted to have the breast crawl as part of our birth plan - and still intend to work on establishing breast feeding asap - but i'm not sure if i have the patience to NOT cuddle my precious newborn as soon as it arrives!