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How to hold and handle your newborn: in pictures
This parenting guide in pictures shows you how to hold a baby or newborn. It includes tips for picking up, handling and cradling your baby.
- Organisation:
- Raising Children Network
- Topic:
- Parenting, Children's health
- Target audience:
- Parents or carers
- Service area:
- National
- Last reviewed:
- February 2024
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