How to pick up a newborn baby
This information is for everyone, especially for new mothers and the men who think that being female automatically means you know how to pick up and hold a newborn baby. Picking up and holding a newborn takes practice and in time, you can be as good at picking up and holding a newborn as any mother can. Many men, oddly enough, have a major advantage over women picking up and holding a newborn, given their hands are so big!
In the first weeks of baby's life, just make sure that when you pick up and hold your newborn baby, you pick up and hold the whole baby so there isn't anything (like arms, legs, heads, etc.) dangling or not being supported.
The most important part you want to be extra careful of when you pick up and hold a newborn baby, in the first 2 months in particular, is the baby's neck. Not to be funny, but the oversized baby head can be rather heavy for its tiny little baby neck to handle; plus, the neck muscles aren't yet developed and don't know their part so exercise extreme caution and support the neck when you pick up and hold a newborn baby.
