Today I only got to see the moms in NICU - too much going on.  However, the one
baby who would not breastfeed without the nipple shield yesterday was today
happily breastfeeding.  Mom had not been able to breastfeed at all last night,
but this AM baby breastfed fine even after getting 5 bottles of breast milk
since the last breast (with nipple shield) feeding.

Second mom with sore nipples and U-shaped tongue sucker was still using the
nipple shield, and glad of it as her nipples are still very sore.  She's using
breast milk and after it dries uses some Pure-Lan.

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, LLLL, IBCLC, RN
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