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1. A method for enabling a nursing mother to breastfeed a baby without using the mother's hands to hold the baby comprising,
a) positioning the nursing mother in a seated position on a chair or rocker such that the mother's legs are bent to define the mother's lap, b) placing a support pillow across the mother's lap, the support pillow having a length that is sized to span the mother's lap and extend slightly beyond the extremities of the mother's chest, c) providing a first relatively small pillow having a length of approximately 8 to 20 inches, a width of approximately 3 to 8 inches, and a thickness of approximately 1 to 4 inches on the support pillow below one of the nursing breasts of the nursing mother such that the length of the first relatively small pillow extends toward and away from the nursing breast of the nursing mother when the nursing mother is in the seated position, d) positioning a baby on its side on the support pillow such that one facial side of the baby's head faces downwardly, and the opposite facial side of the baby's head faces upwardly, and the downward facial side of the baby's head rests on top of the first relatively small pillow and the baby's mouth is opposite the nursing breast of the nursing mother, e) fluffing or shaping the first relatively small pillow to adjust the thickness of the pillow and the elevation of the baby's head relative to the nursing nipple of the seated nursing mother, such that the baby's mouth is aligned with the nursing nipple for a proper latch-on of the baby's mouth to the nursing nipple, and, f) placing a second relatively small pillow similar in size to the first relatively small pillow on the support pillow against the baby's back to help stabilize the position of the baby while the baby is latched-on to the nursing mother's nursing nipple. |