>The other point is that what can look like lousy positioning might not >be ineffective. The only criteria that matter are that mom is fully comfortable and baby gets the milk. I had a delightful consult with the mom of a 3 or 4 month old who was fat as a grub but who nursed with his lower lip tucked in. "Is it comfortable?" "Yes." "Is he thriving?" "Yes." "Well then, it doesn't matter." "But all the pictures show the lower lip curled out... "Is it comfortable?" "Yes." "Is he thriving?" "Yes." "Well then, it doesn't matter." I never did convince her, but at a year he was still fat, still nursing with his lower lip tucked in, and his mom had never been in pain. How many of us have rejected babies for positioning videos because they looked terrible at breast, even though they were the 2nd or 3rd thriving baby of a friend? (I have a co-Leader whose babies priss around her nipple as if it were a pencil eraser. No problem.) -- Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY www.wiessinger.baka.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html