Dear Lactnetters I have a 7 week old baby that is still hurting mothers nipples. He takes a large mouthful and seems to be on fine but the nipples have a slight ridge on them afterwards. Mothers nipples are always tender. His tongue is bunched at the back and we have worked on the problem with exercises and positioning with only a little success. I had my hand on baby's head the other day while he was feeding and with some suckles there was a feel as though a joint was slipping. It wasn't the jaw but somewhere inside.It is difficult to explain.There is no sound, just a feel. Does anyone have any idea what this could mean. This baby takes forever to feed with a bottle and long teat, he finds it difficult to draw the milk out. On the breast his feed is done in 10minutes. He is a happy well rounded wee boy but it would be nice for mother to have comfortable breastfeeding. I am in New Zealand and we do not have places to take babies for assessment of their suckling, like speech therapists or OTs. Thanks a lot Robyn Dunning RN, RM, IBCLC x