Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Correct and Incorrect Positioning

Good Positioning is NOT...

Allowing the baby to lay transverse 
Trendelenburg.

Letting the hips remain abducted and the baby having no boundaries.

Using a Nasal Cannula as a "securement device"

Flat scapula are not meant to touch!

Good Positioning IS...

Comfortable… Think...would you want to lay like that for 3 hours?

Supportive of the natural 
curvature of  the shoulders and rotated to support a more mid-line orientation.


Contained! Not only is it cozy, but it reduces metabolic demands and lowers oxygen consumption


Aids an Infant’s Self-Soothing.

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