Breast Crawl... what is the point?

[pollyanna]

I must admit with my third baby that i have just had i am a lot more relaxed and was happier to let this baby set his own pace. Mind you he was a nicu baby and requiring oxygen and gavage feeding;but after that i just wanted to hold him and smell him and feel him next to me. Funny but when the opportunity finally arose to be able to have him skin to skin there happened to be a lactation consultant in the room and she was able to identify the things he was doing (subtle things)that i otherwise would've missed. The way as i was cuddling him he was licking my skin, my arm my collarbone and smelling me. Then he tipped/leaned himself over. I was like"WHoooAA"whats he doing"?She said just watch;don't prop him back up straight-he has put himself in that position because he is seeking the breast. He knows instinctively how to find the soft tender breast and be led to the milk. Sure enough he started tonguing my breast and then my nipple and then he latched on and suckled.I have to admit it was the most primal and instinctual things i have ever seen and it made me overcome with raw emotion. It is a beautiful thing to take the time. SMELL THE ROSES!!or in bubbas case the BOOBIES