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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