Breastfeeding our child is one of the most extraordinary and wonderful experiences that mothers can have. It is a moment of absolute intimacy that connects us with our baby in a unique way, and leads us to lay each other beautiful signs of love.
Do you know that one of the most powerful gestures that our baby dedicates to us to express his love and gratitude to us while we breastfeed him is to put his hand in our mouth? Do you know what’s behind this universal attitude that makes mothers instantly melt with love?
What the baby tells us when he puts his hand in our mouth while we feed him
“I love you” or “I love you” are two magical words with a powerful meaning. So much so, that we reserve them exclusively for the most special people for us; those people who are everything in our lives and whom we love with all our soul.
And there is no greater, pure and more special love than the one that parents feel for our children, and of course, the one they feel for us and express to us every day with their small gestures.
Although our baby still can’t speak, he is able to express his love to us with gestures full of tenderness and affection, such as a look that sticks in our eyes, a disinterested smile or a little hand that rises towards us in search of contact.
One of the moments we live with our children, and that lends itself most to lavished this type of mutual displays of affection, is when we breastfeed.
And for the baby, his mother’s breast is much more than food; it is his favorite place in the world, his refuge, his comfort and his peace. For mothers, feeling our baby skin to skin, feeding on our chest is also a unique experience that connects us with our child in a special way.
And in this situation of strong intimacy arises one of the most powerful signs of love that the baby can offer us: when he raises his hand and caresses our face, or puts his fingers in our mouth. Through this universal gesture, the baby not only explores his mother’s face, plays, relates to her and interacts, but above all he is expressing his love and gratitude to her.
What should the mother do to correspond to this gesture of her baby?
It is very important that the mother corresponds to this signal by making eye contact with her baby, smiling at him while breastfeeding him, talking to him, caressing him or kissing his little hand. The sum of all these details will help the baby forge a healthy construction of self-concept, self-esteem and security.
We should never ignore our baby’s gesture or take his hand away from our face. If he scratches us or bothers us with his little nails, we can simply wrap his hand with ours and kiss her, while we talk to him and smile.
Of course, these types of mutual love gestures are not exclusive to breastfeeding. Whatever the way to feed the baby, we can establish a verbal and non-verbal communication that makes him feel loved and invites him to reciprocate.
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