Phyllis
I love this analogy almost as much as I love the asymetrical latch
technique itself. I have been describing the position as a "baby bird
coming up out of a nest for feeding", the way they stretch the neck up
reaching for food. But sniffing is betting I think. Thanks for sharing.

Sue Svehla


At 06:30 PM 7/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>"Sniffing position" might be a good descriptive image to use when you are
>teaching a mom how to position baby's head for a good latch.
>When you enter a bakery or a good restaurant and catch the fragrances of
>good food, what do you do? You lift up your nose and sniff, sniff, sniff,
>ahhhhh.
>I appropriated this description from the firefighter who taught my CPR
>update class. He used it to describe how to position a baby's head for CPR.
>The position was exactly what we try to teach for easy latch-on. I think
>it's easier than telling mom to elevate baby's chin off his chest so he has
>adequate space for suckling, comfortable swallowing, and easy breathing
>because his nose isn't schmushed into the breast.
>
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Sue Svehla RNC BSN IBCLC
Lactation Consultant
Methodist Hospital
Omaha, NE

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