>I have not been able to attend any talks on baby led latching. I 
>really do try it, but I have to admit many babies just latch right 
>onto the nipple and are not transferring milk. I describe and help 
>moms to get comfortable and place baby skin to skin, tummy to tummy 
>with the nipple to the nose for baby to extend and get an 
>assymetrical latch.
>What I am missing? Can we discuss this, especially those of you 
>having success? Be as descriptive as you can.
>
>Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
>Mississippi, s.e. USA


Laurie, go here http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/ for more info. 
Here in the UK many of us are using this approach with hard-to-latch 
babies (or even any baby)  and having great success.  We *don't*  do 
the 'tummy to tummy,  nipple to nose' thing, and find that the baby 
gets on just fine without it - they really do find their own way 
there.

It works well when the mother and baby are co-bathing as well, and I 
have a video clip I use which shows a never-latched baby manage 
beautifully - the biological nurturing position is one that is 
adopted very naturally in the bath.

It's especially useful with babies and mothers who are suffering the 
results of 'helpful' hands-on latching - too often, we find that 
midwives get the breast in one hand and the baby's head in the other 
and try to plug them together. Some mothers and babies find this 
invasive, and babies 'switch off' as a result.

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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