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New mom here..can someone explain why my baby keeps rubbing her face on my chest 😭!!!
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Anonymous 6d

Hi! Congratulations btw! This is a behavior called “rooting” I believe. They will do this to comfort themselves and is also a bonding mechanism as babies love the scent of their mothers and warmth. Your heartbeat is sometimes just soothing to them like in the womb so she could be trying to calm herself to sleep? Also, as their skin adjusts to being outside the womb, it could also be a way of itching. Babies will similarly do this to try and find their way to a nipple to feed.

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Anonymous 6d

This is so cute! I think it’s because they’re either hungry or soothing themselves

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

There’s a variety of reasons, but it’s very normal! As time goes on, you’ll become very used to her ways of going about certain things!

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