Diane,

I often will say to a mother that the baby needs more help and aim than
she can do with an elbow and that elbows are usually used for propping
your head while you read or propping the door while you bring groceries
in.  I will then suggest she try a football or cross-cradle hold.  I
explain that once the baby has a better idea of what he needs to do, she
may find the cradle hold to be just what he likes.  I usualoy find that
mother's are reluctant to try
something else because they may not have had the pillow support they
needed the first time and thus felt very awkward.

Cindy Garrison BS IBCLC
Magee-Womens Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

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>
> Thank you all for your responses  regarding my sore nipple mother.  I especially appreciate the tmj info.  I welcome all suggestions as to how to encourage wide mouth opening.  Also,  has anyone noticed moms being resistant to trying any other hold but the cradle/madonna hold?  I like to use football/clutch and cross-cradle for better head control as well as breast compression, but moms always seem to want to use cradle.  How do you get a deep latch that way?
> Warmly,
> Diane Tate
>
> Diane Tate RNC,BSN,IBCLC
> Lexington Memorial Hospital
> Lexington, NC
>

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