Personal experience here. My dentist directed me to put pressure on my jaw
joints, right in front of my earlobes, when I yawned. Voila! No popping &
no pain. I continued to do that every time I felt a yawn coming on. I also
got jaw support during dental work. After a while - a month or two? - I
could gradually stop putting pressure on the joint & the pain was gone.

If you are going to use the "dancer hand" to support baby's jaw, is there a
way to get a finger or two placed a little higher on the jaw near the TMJ
joint? Use just enough pressure to stop the popping. If my experience may
apply to babies, by the time baby's jaw is too big for mom's hand, it might
be on the road to healing.

Maybe a little more sandwiching than usual might help baby take in as much
breast as she needs without having to open up quite so wide? Or am I on the
wrong track?

Just musing...since I haven't worked with a TMJ baby. I second the idea of
CST or a Chiro visit.

--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
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