Further Reading

During pregnancy, your baby has had their needs met immediately; being in the womb provides a steady temperature, being gently rocked and having nutrients provided through the umbilical cord. After birth, they are completely dependent on others and much of the first few weeks of life for your new baby is about sleeping, feeding and growing. 

Now that their needs are not immediately met they will experience a wider range of feelings and emotions, including hunger, being tired and discomfort, and will be dependent on those caring for them to help them with these feelings, especially in the fourth trimester.^[1]