"There are two principles at the base of understanding breastfeeding and understanding how to help new mothers breastfeed. One is that babies learn to breastfeed by breastfeeding. The other is that there is much more to breastfeeding than the breastmilk alone. As important as breastmilk is, breastfeeding is that much more." Dr. Jack Newman

"After birth, the naked baby will instinctively crawl up the mother’s body, find the breast, and latch on. Though this journey may take many minutes, even up to an hour or more, baby will be behaving in the way which is most natural and which will optimize good solid initiation of breastfeeding. This natural and normal place for baby, skin to skin with mother, should be maintained as much as possible for the first few weeks of baby’s life, at the very least. By keeping the baby skin to skin with mother, baby will behave as a baby should: self waking when hungry, rooting when ready to eat, calming when well fed. " Edith Kernerman