Thanks to all of you for your ideas.

I spoke with my daughter-in-law again this morning.  She has tried the afore mentioned methods of dealing with the baby, and he just gets really angry and bites down harder, and after coming off, tends to have some breast aversion for a short while.  My little grandchild has a very sweet disposition, but Lindsey says he seems to be an "angry" nurser, and is at the age where is is distractible.  She has a fast flow, and has tried reclined positioning, and it hasn't made a difference.

In my searching for information, I have come up with several new things to try...

--use positive talking, eye contact, stroking when he is nursing in a good way
--continue nursing in a quiet environment with as few distractions as possible
--with a history of some reflux type issues which are seemingly resolved, he may still be having esophageal pain that needs   treatment and causes pain when he eats==--leading to this behavior
--if he is hurting her, instead of responding or reacting in an angry way, cry out in a way that indicates she is in pain and he is hurting her--without an angry tone (even though she deserves to feel angry)

The parents try to avoid medications and such, and lean towards "natural" treatments.  Does anyone have ideas on treating reflux with any "natural" remedies when positional techniques don't do the trick?

Thanks again!

Kathleen L. Gale RN, IBCLC, RLC
Chicago, IL

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