The nurse is working with a new mother who delivered yesterday. The client has chosen to breastfeed ...

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Rationale:
1. Breastfeeding is more successful if the infant is in the alert-awake state when put to breast. Putting a newborn to breast is not likely to wake him up to feed.
2. Skin-to-skin contact creates tactile sensations that increase the sucking of newborns.
3. The infant should be held in a tummy-to-tummy position so that the head does not have to turn to find the nipple and access the breast.
4. Crying is a late cue of hunger. Newborns should be put to breast when they begin rooting, lip-smacking, or tongue-thrusting behaviors.