If left to their own devices on their mother’s bare torso, newborn babies will automatically progress through a predictable sequence of behaviors known as Widström’s 9 Stages, involving a birth cry, a period of relaxation, a bout of awakening, and some activity such as moving their hands and mouths, followed again by rest, some crawling or squirming up their mother’s body, familiarization with the nipple by licking and touching, suckling and finally sleeping.
